Update on the treatment of Wegener's granulomatosis

Bulletin on the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1-4

  Esper, Gregory J ^a   Johnson, John S ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHOTREXATE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

CLINICAL FEATURE; EXOPHTHALMOS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATION; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PREVALENCE; REMISSION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEROIDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0033492982     PISSN: 00075248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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