Vasculitis look-alikes: Variants of renal atheroembolic disease

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 430-433

  Ballesteros, Angel L ^b   Bromsoms, Josep ^b   Vallés Prats, Martín ^a   Llistosella, Enric ^b   Garijo, Gloria ^b   Bernadó, Lluis ^b   Mauri, Joan M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atheroembolic disease; Necrotizing glomerulitis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CASE REPORT; GLOMERULITIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERY EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULITIS;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLISM, CHOLESTEROL; FATAL OUTCOME; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; NECROSIS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0032945788     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/14.2.430     Document Type: Article

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