Preliminary classification criteria for the cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1183-1190

  De Vita, S ^a   Soldano, F ^b   Isola, M ^b   Monti, G ^c   Gabrielli, A ^d   Tzioufas, A ^e   Ferri, C ^f   Ferraccioli, G F ^g   Quartuccio, L ^a   Corazza, L ^a   De Marchi, G ^a   Ramos Casals, M ^h   Voulgarelis, M ^e   Lenzi, M ⁱ   Saccardo, F ^c   Fraticelli, P ^d   Mascia, M T ^f   Sansonno, D ^u   Cacoub, P ^j   Tomsic, M ^k   Tavoni, A ^l   Pietrogrande, M ^m   Zignego, A L ⁿ   Scarpato, S ^o   Mazzaro, C ^p   Pioltelli, P ^q   Steinfeld, S ^r   Lamprecht, P ^s   Bombardieri, S ^l   Galli, M ^t   more..

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c Ospedale di Saronno   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^g CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^h HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^j PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^m Policlinico San Marco   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^o Rheumatology Unit   (Italy)

^p Pordenone Hospital   (Italy)

^q Internal Medicine   (Italy)

^r ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^s UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^t UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^u Università di Milano c/o Ospedale L Sacco ^*

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOGLOBULINEMIC VASCULITIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYPERVISCOSITY SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PURPURA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN ULCER; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; AGED; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNDROME; VASCULITIS;

EID: 79957648634     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2011.150755     Document Type: Article

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