High risk of pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis but not of stroke in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's)

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1910-1914

  Faurschou, Mikkel ^a   Obel, Niels ^a   Baslund, Bo ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK; STROKE; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS WITH POLYANGIITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK; STROKE; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84912072911     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22423     Document Type: Article

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