Allergic Angiitis and Granulomatosis: Prolonged Remission Induced by Combined Prednisone-Azathioprine Therapy

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1978, Pages 367-371

  Cooper, Barry J ^a   Bacal, Edita ^a   Patterson, Roy ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISONE;

ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EOSINOPHILIA; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONONEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THERAPY; VASCULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AZATHIOPRINE; CASE REPORT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; MALE; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PREDNISONE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VASCULITIS, ALLERGIC CUTANEOUS;

EID: 0018189603     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1978.03630270021012     Document Type: Article

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