Wegener's granulomatosis in pregnancy - The therapeutic dilemma

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1789-1791

  Harber, Mark A ^a,b   Tso, Annette ^a   Taheri, Shahrad ^a   Tuck, Susan M ^a   Burns, Aine ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin vasculitis; Plasma exchange; Pregnancy; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLATELET COUNT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROTEINURIA; TWINS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0033063680     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/14.7.1789     Document Type: Article

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