Clinical and radiographic features mimicking pulmonary embolism as the first manifestation of Takayasu's arteritis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 470-472

  Shlomai, Amir ^a   Hershko, Alon Y ^a   Gabbay, Ezra ^a   Ben Chetrit, Eldad ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Pulmonary embolism; Takayasu's arteritis; V P scan

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISONE; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTICOAGULANTS; AZATHIOPRINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 6344294491     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-004-0929-0     Document Type: Article

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