Wegener's granulomatosis in Finland in 1981-2000: Clinical presentation and diagnostic delay

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 435-438

  Takala, J H ^a,c   Kautiainen, H ^b   Malmberg, H ^a   Leirisalo Repo, M ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Department of Ear Nose and Throat Diseases ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EAR; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EYE DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FINLAND; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LARYNGITIS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NOSE; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; OTITIS; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SINUSITIS; SKIN DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 56249123967     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740802238366     Document Type: Article

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