Polyangiitis overlap syndrome with eosinophilia associated with an elevated serum level of major basic protein

Internal Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 739-743

  Koarada, Syuichi ^a   Tada, Yoshifumi ^a   Aihara, Satomi ^a   Ushiyama, Osamu ^a   Suzuki, Noriaki ^a   Ohta, Akihide ^a   Nagasawa, Kohei ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiitis; Eosinophilia; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; PLASMA PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; SKIN; SYNDROME; THERMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BIOPSY; BLOOD PROTEINS; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RIBONUCLEASES; SKIN; SYNDROME; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033190605     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.38.739     Document Type: Article

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