Fatal Polyarteritis nodosa with massive mesenteric necrosis in a child

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 88-90

  Mocan, Hilal ^a,d   Mocan, M C ^b   Sen Y ^a   Kuzey, G ^b   Civiloglu C ^c  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c State Hospital   (Turkey)

^d Intermed Tip Merkezi ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Mesenteric necrosis; Poly arteritis nodosa

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ARTERITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFARCTION; INTESTINE NECROSIS; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; CHILD; FATAL OUTCOME; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MESENTERY; NECROSIS; PERITONEAL DISEASES; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0033004232     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100670050063     Document Type: Article

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