Outcome of polyarteritis nodosa in northern India

Rheumatology International

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 101-103

  Gupta, R ^a   Kumar, A ^a,b   Malaviya, A N ^a,c  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Outcome; Polyarteritis nodosa; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NERVE BIOPSY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURAL NERVE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INDIA; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PREDNISOLONE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030658052     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002960050016     Document Type: Article

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