Gastrointestinal Involvement in Polyarteritis Nodosa

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 960-966

  Ebert, Ellen C ^a   Hagspiel, Klaus D ^b   Nagar, Michael ^a   Schlesinger, Naomi ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; LAMIVUDINE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA;

EID: 50649101229     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2008.04.004     Document Type: Review

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