A case of microscopic polyarteritis nodosa with interstitial pneumonia successfully treated with steroid pulse therapy and immunosuppresive agents

Renal Failure

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 737-746

  Hatama, Shigeki ^a,c   Kumagai, Harumitsu ^c   Fujiwara, Megumu ^a   Fujishima, Masatoshi ^b  

^a ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVORS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GALLIUM 67; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0031664937     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08860229809045171     Document Type: Article

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