Systemic vasculitis: State of the art and emerging concepts

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-2

  Pipitone, Nicolò ^a   Salvarani, Carlo ^a  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; BEHCET DISEASE; BUERGER DISEASE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; EDITORIAL; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SIDE EFFECT; SMALL VESSEL VASCULITIS; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; VASCULITIS;

HUMANS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 33645450150     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bor.0000198009.19063.31     Document Type: Editorial

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