Childhood polyarteritis nodosa: A prospective multicentre study from Eastern India

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 371-374

  Mondal, Rakesh ^a,e   Sarkar, Sumantra ^b   Pal, Priyankar ^c   Nandi, Madhumita ^d   Hazra, Avijit ^e   Sabui, TapasKumar ^f  

^a NORTH BENGAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (India)

^d INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^e Department of Pharmacology IPGME and R ^*

^f NRS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Children; Clinical spectrum; India; Polyarteritis nodosa

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GANGRENE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INDIA; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MYALGIA; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; RASH; RELAPSE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; ULCER; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILD; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84898453597     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-013-1256-8     Document Type: Article

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