Vasa-vasoritis of the aorta and fatal myocarditis in fulminant Churg-Strauss syndrome

Rheumatology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1728-1729

  Hervier, B ^a   Masseau, A ^a   Bossard, C ^a   Agard, C ^a   Hamidou, M ^a  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AORTITIS; ASTHMA; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; NOSE POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SUDDEN DEATH; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; AORTA; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; VASA VASORUM;

EID: 54449100521     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken329     Document Type: Letter

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