Antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-negative antiproteinase 3 syndrome presenting as vasculitis, endocarditis, polyneuropathy and Dupuytren's contracture

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 530-534

  Stöllberger, Claudia ^a   Finsterer, Josef ^a   Zlabinger, Gerhard J ^a   Weihsengruber, Felix ^b   Redtenbacher, Susanne ^c   Bonner, Gerhard ^a   Herkner, Kurt ^d   Deutsch, Manfred ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL LINZ   (Austria)

^d LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ENZYME ANTIBODY; GLUCOCORTICOID; HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELOBLASTIN; NETILMICIN; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN G; PHENPROCOUMON;

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPLANT; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MUSCLE RESECTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; SKIN BIOPSY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DUPUYTREN'S CONTRACTURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYNEUROPATHIES; SYNDROME; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VASCULITIS, HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 0042563069     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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