Localized vasculitis of the gastrointestinal tract: A case series

Rheumatology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1326-1335

  Salvarani, Carlo ^a   Calamia, Kenneth T ^b   Crowson, Cynthia S ^c   Miller, Dylan V ^c   Broadwell, Aaron W ^b   Hunder, Gene G ^c   Matteson, Eric L ^c   Warrington, Kenneth J ^c  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Case series; Colon; Corticosteroids; Gall bladder; Gastrointestinal tract; Immunosuppressive therapy; Mesenteric ischaemia; Small intestine; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL PERFORATION; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SCREENING; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTESTINE INFARCTION; INTESTINE RESECTION; INTRAABDOMINAL VASCULITIS; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INFARCTION; LOCALIZED GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT VASCULITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH PARESIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 77954199806     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq093     Document Type: Article

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