The intriguing co-existence of a chronic periaortitis, a pericarditis and a pancreatitis: Case report

Acta Reumatologica Portuguesa

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 160-166

  Rebelo, Marta ^a   Lima, Jandira ^a   Ramos, Leonor ^a   Vieira, José Diniz ^a   Carvalho, Lina ^a   Xavier, Correia ^a   Costa, José Nascimento ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; Chronic periaortitis; Pericarditis; Retroperitoneal fibrosis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; PANCREATITIS; PERICARDITIS; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS; PERICARDITIS; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS;

EID: 80052399665     PISSN: 0303464X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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