Early diagnosis of vasculitides;Frühdiagnose von vaskulitiden

Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 538-546

  Hellmich, B ^a   Lamprecht, P ^a   Aries, P M ^a   Gross, W L ^a  

^a Rheumaklinik Bad Bramstedt   (Germany)

Author keywords

ANCA; Autoantibodies; Early diagnosis; Imaging; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; EPISTAXIS; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; JOINT BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; MYALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 27944446507     PISSN: 03401855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00393-005-0794-5     Document Type: Article

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