Necrotizing small-vessel vasculitis confined to the uterine cervix

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 368-372

  Woywodt, Alexander ^a,c   Schneider, Wolfgang ^b   Morack, Günter ^b   Kettritz, Ralph ^a   Goebel, Ursula ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HELIOS KLINIKUM BERLIN BUCH   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervix; Female genital tract; Small vessel vasculitis; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE;

EID: 0034125167     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/sarh.2000.5754     Document Type: Article

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