Churg-Strauss syndrome

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 535-551

  Cottin, V ^a,b   Cordier, Jean François ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; EOSINOPHILIA; EPITHELIOID CELL; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; LUNG INFILTRATE; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS;

CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032965907     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.1999.t01-1-00091.x     Document Type: Review

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