Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody associated vasculitis and rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis as a complication of propylthiouracil therapy [2]

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 699-700

  Erten, Yasemin ^a   Bodur, Hatice ^b   Sahiner, Sule ^c   Tolunay, Ozden ^b   Atalay, Veli ^c   Canbakan, Basol ^c   Bali, Musa ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIOTHYRONINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LETTER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINE VOLUME; VASCULITIS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; VASCULITIS, HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 0036420140     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2002.16412.x     Document Type: Letter

References (1)

1. Noh, J.H., Asari, T., Hamada, N., Abes, Y., Ito, K. & Ito, K. (2001) Frequency of appearance of myeloperoxidase-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (MPO-ANCA) in Graves disease patients treated with propylthiouracil and the relationship between MPO-ANCA and clinical manifestations. Clinical Endocrinology, 54, 651-654.