Rheumatoid vasculitis following influenza vaccination [7]

Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 907-909

  Iyngkaran, P ^a   Limaye, V ^a   Hill, C ^a   Henderson, D ^a   Pile, K D ^a   Rischmueller, Maureen ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AURANOFIN; AUROTHIOGLUCOSE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUVAX; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NIFEDIPINE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PENICILLAMINE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CYANOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; HUMAN; INFARCTION; JOINT EFFUSION; LETTER; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORNING STIFFNESS; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYNOVITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ULCER; VASCULITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ANGIOGRAPHY; FOOT; HAND; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0042572154     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg221     Document Type: Letter

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