Rheumatoid constrictive pericarditis

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 100-103

  McRorie, E R ^a   Wright, R A ^a   Errington, M L ^a   Luqmani, R A ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constrictive pericarditis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; X RAY;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 26844489049     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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