Corticosteroid therapy reversed progressive chronic granulomatous lung disease following deterioration on interferon-γ treatment

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 257-260

  Halamish, Ariel ^a   Klar, Aharon ^a,c   Shoseyov, David ^a   Blinder, George ^b   Hurvitz, H ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Medical Imaging Centers   (Israel)

^c BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chronic granulomatous disease; Corticosteroids; Interferon

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; ITRACONAZOLE; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DETERIORATION; HUMAN; LUNG GRANULOMA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG RESISTANCE; GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 0034868857     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.1116     Document Type: Article

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