A Patient with wegener’s granulomatosis presenting with a subarachnoid hemorrhage: Case report and review of cns disease associated with wegener’s granulomatosis

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-186

  Cruz, Dinna N ^a   Segal, Alan S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies; Glomerulonephritis; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Vasculitis; Wegener s granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0030998639     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: 14219670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000169095     Document Type: Article

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