Systemic lupus erythematosus complicated with aortitis

Lupus

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-74

  Blockmans, D ^a   Breynaert, C ^a   Cornelis, T ^a   Stroobants, S ^a   Bogaert, J ^a   Vanhoof, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; DNA ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AORTITIS; ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PERICARDITIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

AORTITIS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41749088441     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203307084172     Document Type: Letter

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