Systemic vasculitis and polyarthritis as the presenting feature of renal cell carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 266-269

  Poggio, Emilio D ^a   Mazzone, Peter J ^a,b   Horvath, Jeffrey ^a   Mandell, Brian F ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Int Medicine Residency Program/P39   (United States)

Author keywords

ANCA; Arthritis; Palpable purpura; Renal cell carcinoma; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEVER; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0031735666     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124743-199810000-00008     Document Type: Article

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