Nonsurgical regression of thymoma following corticosteroid/azathioprine therapy

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-16

  Crawford, William W ^a   Yusin, Joseph S ^a   Klaustermeyer, William B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MEDIASTINUM MASS; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX DISEASE; THYMOMA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0033512352     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63505-3     Document Type: Article

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