Wegener's granulomatosis: An analysis of 33 patients seen over a 10-year period

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 187-194

  Takwoingi, Y M ^a,b   Dempster, J H ^a  

^a CROSSHOUSE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Granulomatosis; Nasal; Vasculitis; Wegener's granuloma

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DAPSONE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NASAL BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; BIOPSY; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NOSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0038208372     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2003.00683.x     Document Type: Article

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