Glucocorticosteroid treatment for cerebrospinal fluid eosinophilia in a patient with ventriculoperitonial shunt

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 341-342

  Tangsinmankong, Nutthapong ^a,b   Nelson Jr , Robert P ^a   Good, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; DRUG EFFECT; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0032742218     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62675-0     Document Type: Article

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