Approach to the patient with suspected vasculitis

Bulletin on the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1-4

  Cohen, Marc D ^a   Conn, Doyt L ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; VASCULITIS;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0033496162     PISSN: 00075248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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