Classification criteria and diagnostic tests for vasculitides

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1503-1505

  Ruperto, Nicolino ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; GOLD STANDARD; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 84864531731     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.120640     Document Type: Editorial

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