Asymmetrical hemithorax volume loss due to Wegener's granulomatosis

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 73, Issue 867, 2000, Pages 266-270

  Connor, S E J ^a,b   Olliff, J F C ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BREATHING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HUMAN; LUNG VOLUME; MALAISE; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; MYELODYSPLASIA; PLEURA THICKENING; THORAX PAIN; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0034031144     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.73.867.10817041     Document Type: Article

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