Systemic necrotizing vasculitides in Turkey: A comparative analysis of 40 consecutive patients

Rheumatology International

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-20

  Kamali, Sevil ^a   Inanc, Murat ^a   Gul, Ahmet ^a   Öcal, Lale ^a   Polat, Nuray Gurel ^b   Kilicaslan, Isin ^b   Aral, Orhan ^a   Konice, Meral ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Polyarteritis nodosa; Vasculitis; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AZATHIOPRINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHORIORETINITIS; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PREDNISOLONE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TURKEY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 27444433809     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-004-0499-0     Document Type: Article

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