A severe systemic inflammatory reaction following therapy with montelukast (Singulair®)

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1054-1055

  Gøransson, Lasse G ^a   Omdal, Roald ^a  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; FORMOTEROL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MONTELUKAST; PREDNISOLONE; TERBUTALINE; ZAFIRLUKAST;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; INFLAMMATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034118554     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/15.7.1054     Document Type: Article

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