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Volume 35, Issue 1, March 2024



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Mediterr J Rheumatol 2020;31(2):216-9
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Periaortitis and diffuse subendocardial vasculitis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus – Lupus flare or a coexisting disease?
Ourania Gioti1, Evangelos Theotikos1, Argyro Lazarini1, Andreas S. Triantafyllis2, Alexia Balanika3, Maria Boutsikou4, Pavlos Tsinivizov2, Antonis Fanouriakis1, Antonia Elezoglou1
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1.Department of Rheumatology, Asklepieion General Hospital, Athens, Greece

2. Department of Cardiology, Asklepieion General Hospital, Athens, Greece

3. Department of Radiology, Asklepieion General Hospital, Athens, Greece

4. Cardiac MRI Unit, Mediterraneo Hospital, Athens, Greece

Keywords: Systemic lupus erythematosus, antiphospholipid syndrome, diffuse subendocardial vasculitis, periaortitis
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