Churg-strauss syndrome: Diagnostic difficulties and pathogenesis

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 325, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-105

  Diri, Erdal ^a   Buscemi, Dolores M ^a   Nugent, Kenneth M ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ANCA; Churg Strauss syndrome; Rheumatoid arthritis; Staphylococcal infections

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; COXITIS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NERVE BIOPSY; PATHOGENESIS; POLYARTHRITIS; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; PURPURA; RASH; RECURRENT INFECTION; SKIN BIOPSY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURAL NERVE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0037326319     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200302000-00008     Document Type: Article

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