Positive c-ANCA in a patient with lymphoma and without vasculitis

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 279-281

  Zuckerman, Kendra Kaye ^a,b   Leventhal, Lawrence ^a   Wynne, Craig ^a  

^a GRADUATE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Pepper Pavilion   (United States)

Author keywords

C ANCA; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Vasculitis; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PROTEINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PLEURA BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0030775063     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124743-199710000-00007     Document Type: Article

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