Abdominal and digestive manifestations in systemic vasculitides;Manifestations abdominales et digestives au cours des vascularites systémiques

Annales de Medecine Interne

Volumn 154, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 457-467

  Pagnoux, Christian ^a   Mahr, Alfred ^a   Guillevin, Loïc ^a  

^a Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Digestive arteriography; Gastrointestinal involvement; Polyarteritis nodosa; Systemic vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTERIOGRAPHY; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTESTINE INFARCTION; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTESTINE ULCER; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 1642458407     PISSN: 0003410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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