HLA-B27 positive ankylosing spondylitis and polyarteritis nodosa: A case report

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 204-206

  Galeazzi, M ^a,b   Fioravanti, A ^a   Minari, C ^a   Selvi, E ^a   Veronesi, M ^a   Marcolongo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Podere Artiglioni ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

ankylosing spondylitis; HLA B27; polyarteritis nodosa; SPECT scan

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CYCLOSPORIN; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; PREDNISONE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SACROILIITIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MALE; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0029881446     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02230343     Document Type: Article

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