High frequency of venous thromboembolic events in Churg-Strauss syndrome, Wegener's granulomatosis and microscopic polyangiitis but not polyarteritis nodosa: A systematic Retrospective Study on 1130 patients

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 564-567

  Allenbach, Y ^a   Seror, R ^a   Pagnoux, C ^a,b   Teixeira, L ^a   Guilpain, P ^a   Guillevin, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Institut Cochin   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; AGED; BLOOD; INCIDENCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASCULITIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; VASCULITIS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 65249127444     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.099051     Document Type: Article

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