Nonasthmatic Case of Churg-Strauss Syndrome with Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 561-563

  Yamashita, Yasuyo ^a   Yorioka, Noriaki ^a   Taniguchi, Yoshihiko ^a   Yamakido, Michio ^a   Watanabe, Chigusa ^a   Kitamura, Takeshi ^a   Nakamura, Shigenobu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergic granulomatosis and angiitis; Pauci immune necrotizing glomerulonephritis; Peripheral anti neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOCARDIUM; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 0032085774     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.37.561     Document Type: Article

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