Wegener's granulomatosis presenting as a pleural effusion

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7406, 2003, Pages 95-96

  Blundell, Adrian G ^a   Roe, Simon ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG ASPIRATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; RESUSCITATION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0037560383     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7406.95     Document Type: Article

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