Churg-Strauss syndrome: Survival for 26 years

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 640-643

  Vemuri, Preeti ^a   Greenberger, Paul A ^a   Patterson, Roy ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0036627632     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61898-4     Document Type: Article

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