Wegener's granulomatosis complicating pregnancy: Presentation of two patients and review of the literature

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 332-336

  Habib, A ^a   MacKay, K ^a,b   Abrons, H L ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Pregnancy; Vasculitis; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPISTAXIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMINENT ABORTION; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; NOSE POLYP; PREGNANCY; SYMPTOM; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDNISONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0029823147     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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