Small intestinal perforation complicating Wegener's granulomatosis
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Intestinal perforation in Wegener's granulomatosis.
Wegener's granulomatosis is a disease characterised by a necrotising vasculitis and granulomatous inflammation. The localised form involves the upper and/or lower respiratory tracts while in the commoner generalised form there is a widespread necrotising vasculitis and renal involvement. Intestinal involvement, which may be severe, has been detected at necropsy in 24% of cases. Gastrointestinal...
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عنوان ژورنال: Rheumatology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1460-2172
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/38.3.289