Misleading clinical features in Wegener's granulomatosis. A case report

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 746-748

  Almadori, Giovanni ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Granuloma, respiratory tract; Otitis media with effusion; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LUNG GRANULOMA; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; THORACOTOMY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0030868179     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022215100138502     Document Type: Article

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