Subacute bacterial endocarditis masquerading as type III essential mixed cryoglobulinemia

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1971-1976

  Agarwal, Anil ^a,c   Clements, John ^a   Sedmak, Daniel D ^a   Immler, David ^b   Stanley Nahman, N ^a   Orsinelli, David A ^a   Hebert, Lee A ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Lima Int Med and Nephrology Inc ^*  (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0031421518     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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