HIV polyarteritis nodosa-like vasculitis presenting as chronic abdominal pain

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 869-872

  Gajera, Amit ^a   Kais, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic abdominal pain; Human immunodeficiency virus; Polyarteritis nodosa; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLBLADDER FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MICROANEURYSM; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ANGIOGRAPHY; VASCULITIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANEURYSM; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67349243400     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-009-1170-7     Document Type: Article

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