Reactive thrombocytosis: An early manifestation of Takayasu arteritis

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 270-273

  Peredo, Rubén ^a   Vilá, Salvador ^a   Goñi, Michelle ^a   Colón, Edgar ^a   Ríos Solá, Grissel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Takayasu arteritis; Thrombocytosis

Indexed keywords

ETANERCEPT; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CLAUDICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; THORACIC AORTA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; PREDNISONE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

EID: 26944471113     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rhu.0000182193.58384.77     Document Type: Article

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