Aortic Aneurysm Due to Microscopic Polyangiitis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2031-2034

  Ryomoto, Masaaki ^a   Mitsuno, Masataka ^a   Nishi, Hiroyuki ^a   Fukui, Shinya ^a   Miyamoto, Yuji ^a   Hao, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA SINUS; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 71649086869     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.04.125     Document Type: Article

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