(A)symptomatic necrotizing arteritis of the female genital tract

European Journal of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 191-196

  Pilch, Henryk ^a   Schäffer, Uwe ^a   Günzel, Susanne ^a   Schmidt, Markus ^a   Tanner, Berno ^a   Brockerhoff, Peter ^a   Knapstein, Paul G ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic form; Female genital tract; Focal panarteritis nodosa

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; UTERUS DISEASE;

EID: 0343953528     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(99)00235-3     Document Type: Article

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