Aortitis and spondyloarthritis-an unusual presentation: Case report and review of the literature

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 510-514

  Eder, Lihi ^a   Sadek, Mouhannad ^b   McDonald Blumer, Heather ^b,c   Gladman, Dafna D ^a,b  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aortic regurgitation; HLA B*27; Spondyloarthritis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SACROILIITIS; SEPSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTITIS; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MALE; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953123438     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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