Rheumatoid vasculitis presenting as appendicitis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 736-738

  Van Laar, J M ^a   Smit, V T H B M ^b   De Beus, W M ^c   Collee G ^d   Jansen, E H ^a   Breedveld, E C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Rheumatology ^*  (Netherlands)

^c MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^d T Lange Land Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DETERIORATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORNING STIFFNESS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0031732759     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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