Isolated vasculitis of the female genital tract: A case series and review of literature

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 451, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1083-1089

  Hoppé, Emmanuel ^a   De Ybarlucéa, Louis Rémi ^a   Collet, Jacky ^a   Dupont, Jérome ^a   Fabiani, Bettina ^a   Puéchal, Xavier ^a,b  

^a Le Mans General Hospital   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DU MANS   (France)

Author keywords

Female genital tract; Giant cell arteritis; Polyarteritis nodosa; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL SYSTEM; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYOMETRIUM; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE TUBE;

AGED; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36448944708     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-007-0514-4     Document Type: Article

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