Incidentally discovered asymptomatic necrotising intra-abdominal vasculitis after peripheral gastric bypass surgery for morbic obesity

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-212

  Bounas, A ^a   Melachrinou, M ^b   Giannopoulos, G ^a   Meimaris, N ^a   Aroukatos, P ^b   Kalfarentzos, F ^b   Andonopoulos, A P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; FENFLURAMINE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MORBIDITY; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; OBESITY; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BYPASS;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; ADULT; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; OBESITY; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; VASCULITIS;

EID: 1642580539     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.008003     Document Type: Article

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