Microscopic polyangiitis presenting as pulmonary-renal syndrome in a patient with long-standing diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis and antibodies to myeloperoxidase

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 533-536

  Wutzl, A L ^a   Foley, R N ^a   O'Driscoll, B R ^a   Reeve, R S ^a   Chisholm, R ^a   Herrick, A L ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRUSH SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0035211151     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200112)45:6<533::aid-art379>3.0.co;2-d     Document Type: Article

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