Churg-Strauss syndrome after corticosteroid withdrawal in an asthmatic patient treated with pranlukast

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 3 II, 1999, Pages 534-535

  Kinoshita, Masaharu ^a   Shiraishi, Tsuneaki ^a   Koga, Takeharu ^a   Ayabe, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Rikimaru, Toru ^a   Oizumi, Kotaro ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PRANLUKAST; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHROMONES; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOTRIENE ANTAGONISTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0033016599     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(99)70483-5     Document Type: Article

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