Testicular vasculitis: Findings differentiating isolated disease from systemic disease in 72 patients

Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 75-85

  Hernández Rodríguez, José ^a   Tan, Carmela D ^c   Koening, Curry L ^d   Khasnis, Atul ^b   Rodríguez, E René ^c   Hoffman, Gary S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Orthopedic and Rheumatologic Institute   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPERMATIC CORD; SYSTEMIC TESTICULAR VASCULITIS; TESTICULAR VASCULITIS; TESTIS DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTHRALGIA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDEMA; FATIGUE; FEVER; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORCHIECTOMY; PAIN; POLYNEUROPATHIES; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTIS; VASCULITIS; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857844668     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0b013e31824156a7     Document Type: Article

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