Polyarteritis nodosa with mesenteric aneurysms demonstrated by angiography: Report of a case and successful treatment of the patient with prednisolone and cyclophosphamide

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 702-705

  Harada, Masaru ^a   Yoshida, Hiroshi ^a   Ikeda, Hideo ^a   Yoshida, Takafumi ^a   Takedatsu, Hidetoshi ^a   Nagamatsu, Hiroaki ^a   Koga, Kenshi ^a   Fujisawa, Yuko ^a   Sakamoto, Masaharu ^a   Fujisaki, Kazuhiro ^a   Sakisaka, Shotaro ^a   Yasumoto, Kiyoshi ^b   Toyonaga, Atsushi ^a   Sata, Michio ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Yasumoto Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Angiography; Cyclophosphamide; Polyarteritis nodosa; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANEURYSM; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, INFERIOR; MIDDLE AGED; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 0032590052     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350050323     Document Type: Article

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