Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages e1-e7 , January 2011

Aortic aneurysms in systemic lupus erythematosus: a meta-analysis of 35 cases in the literature and two different pathogeneses

  • Atsushi Kurata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pathology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, 6-20-2 Shinkawa, Mitaka City, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan. Tel.: +81 422 47 5511 (4426); fax: +81 422 40 7093.
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  • Tomohiro Kawakami

      Affiliations

    • Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Junichiro Sato

      Affiliations

    • Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Atsuhiko Sakamoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Tsukasa Muramatsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health and Nutritional Science, Faculty of Human Health Science, Matsumoto University, Nagano, Japan
    • ,
  • Kimimasa Nakabayashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Received 26 October 2009 ,Revised 24 November 2009 ,Accepted 5 January 2010.

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 Financial support: We declare that we have no funding source concerning this study.

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doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2010.01.003

Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages e1-e7 , January 2011

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