Infantile disseminated visceral giant cell arteritis presenting as sudden infant death

Pathology International

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 226-230

  Kagata, Yutaka ^a   Matsubara, Osamu ^a   Ogata, Sho ^a   Lie, J T ^b   Mark, Eugene J ^c  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disseminated visceral giant cell arteritis; Granulomatous vasculitis; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

AORTITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELIAC ARTERY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; GRANULOMATOUS VASCULITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC ARTERY; INFANT; LIVER GRANULOMA; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; VISCERA;

ARTERIES; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; GRANULOMA; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG; MALE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0032932929     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.1999.00851.x     Document Type: Article

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