Wegener Granulomatosis with Spleen Infarction: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 328-333

  Ghinoi, Alessandra ^a   Pipitone, Nicolò ^a   Cavazza, Alberto ^a   Boiardi, Luigi ^a   Salvarani, Carlo ^a  

^a Arcispedale S Maria Nuova ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

spleen; Wegener granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FUROSEMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUNG DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLENECTOMY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SPLEEN; SPLENIC INFARCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 40749096366     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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