Systemic vasculitis with asthma and eosinophilia: A clinical approach to the churg-strauss syndrome

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1984, Pages 65-81

  Lanham, John G ^a,b   Elkon, Keith B ^a,b   Pusey, Charles D ^a,b   Hughes, Graham R ^a,b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BECLOMETASONE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID;

ASTHMA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG THERAPY; EOSINOPHILIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SURVEY; THERAPY;

ADULT; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTHRITIS; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; COMPLEMENT; CRANIAL NERVES; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; KIDNEY; LUNG; MALE; MUSCLES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SKIN; SYNDROME; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0021347081     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005792-198403000-00001     Document Type: Article

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