Coronary artery inflammation and thrombosis in Wegener's granulomatosis- polyarteritis nodosa overlap syndrome;Infiammazione e trombosi delle arterie nella sindrome overlap granulomatosi di Wegener-panarterite nodosa

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 377-382

  Morbini, Patrizia ^a   Dal Bello, Barbara ^a   Arbustini, Eloisa ^a,b  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b Dipto di Patol Umana ed Ereditaria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Coronary vessels; Thrombosis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY CONSTRICTION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PERITONITIS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; THROMBOSIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0031919147     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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