Systemic vasculitis with gastrointestinal involvement in an HIV-infected adult

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 335, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 237-238

  Sambatakou, Helen ^a   Tsiachris, Dimitris ^a,c   Stamouli, Stamatia ^b   Gargalianos, Panagiotis ^b   Archimandritis, Athanasios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal tract; Human immunodeficiency virus; Polyarteritis nodosa; Systemic vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; FOLLOW UP; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OROPHARYNX CANDIDIASIS; SEROLOGY;

EID: 40949141520     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3180dc8cd7     Document Type: Article

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