Wegener's granulomatosis presenting as dilated cardiomyopathy

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 64-66

  Day, John D ^a,b   Ellison, Kristin E ^a,b   Schnittger, Ingela ^a,b   Perlroth, Mark G ^a,b,c  

^a Stanford University Medical Center ^*

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; DIURETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DILATATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG EDEMA; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EDEMA; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0029788954     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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