Pseudovasculitis and corticosteroid therapy

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 539-543

  Ribi, Camillo ^a   Mauget, Denis ^a   Egger, Jean François ^a   Khatchatourian, Gregory ^a   Villard, Jean ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Pseudo polyarteritisnodosa (PAN); Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELIAC ARTERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN ARTERY; VASCULITIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; FEMALE; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 30344469064     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-004-1080-7     Document Type: Article

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