Churg-Strauss syndrome associated with pregnancy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 985-990

  Hiyama, Junichiro ^b,c   Shiota, Yutaro ^b   Marukawa, Masaomi ^a   Horita, Naokatsu ^b   Kanehisa, Yoshihide ^b   Ono, Tetsuya ^b   Mashiba, Hiroto ^b  

^a Kojima Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b Kure Kyosai Hospital   (Japan)

^c Kure Kyosai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergic granulomatosis and angiitis; Course of illness; Fetal outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW;

ADULT; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0034327969     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.985     Document Type: Article

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