Dramatic regression of mesenteric abnormalities demonstrated on angiography following prednisolone and cyclophosphamide combination therapy in a patient with polyarteritis nodosa associated with Sjögren's syndrome

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 416-421

  Yukawa, Sonosuke ^a,b,c   Tahara, Koichiro ^a   Yukawa, Naoichiro ^a   Shoji, Aki ^a   Tsuji, Soichiro ^a   Hayashi, Haeru ^a   Tsuboi, Norioki ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal angiography; Cyclophosphamide (CY); Multiple colonic ulcers; Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN); Sj gren's syndrome (SS)

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ULCER; COLONOSCOPY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MESENTERIC ARTERY DISEASE; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ANGIOGRAPHY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAL SIGN;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; MIDDLE AGED; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PREDNISOLONE; SIGMOID DISEASES; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; ULCER;

EID: 49149099262     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-008-0072-x     Document Type: Article

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