Autopsy case of microscopic polyangiitis with crescentic glomerulonephritis and necrotizing pancreatitis

Pathology International

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 520-523

  Iwasa, Satoshi ^a   Katoh, Ryohei ^a  

^a YAMANASHI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kidney; Lung; MPO ANCA; Pancreas; Pancreatitis; Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VASCULITIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; AUTOPSY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; PEROXIDASE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 23244450751     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2005.01863.x     Document Type: Article

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