Geoepidemiology of systemic vasculitis: Comparison of the incidence in two regions of Europe

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 170-172

  Watts, R A ^a   Gonzalez Gay, M A ^a   Lane, S E ^a   Garcia Porrua, C ^c   Bentham, G ^b   Scott, D G I ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; SEX FACTORS; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0035134736     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.60.2.170     Document Type: Article

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