Two Infants with Classical Polyarteritis Nodosa but Not Kawasaki Disease

Japanese Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 445-453

  Miyamae, Takako ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Classical polyarteritis nodosa; Infantile polyarteritis nodosa; Kawasaki disease; Necrotizing vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA;

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG;

EID: 0034302342     PISSN: 09114300     EISSN: 13497413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2177/jsci.23.445     Document Type: Article

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