Myocardial infarction caused by rheumatoid vasculitis: Histological evidence of the involvement of T lymphocytes

Rheumatology International

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 315-318

  Takayanagi, M ^a   Haraoka, H ^a   Kikuchi, H ^a   Hirohata, S ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CD45RO; Coronary artery; Rheumatoid arthritis; T lymphocytes; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLAMINE; PREDNISOLONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

AGED; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHOULDER PAIN; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; THROMBOSIS;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD45; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0345117261     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-003-0310-7     Document Type: Article

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