Microscopic polyangiitis diagnosed at hysterectomy

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 611-613

  Gran, J T ^a,e   Berner, Aa ^b   Kloster Jensen, A ^c   Bostad, L ^d  

^a Hospital of Tromsø ^*  (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Central Hospital of Aust Agder   (Norway)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e Revmatologisk Avdeling   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gynecology; Microscopic polyangiitis; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

AGED; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; NECROSIS; POLYNEUROPATHIES; UTERUS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0032830158     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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