Antiglomerular basement membrane autoantibodies are nonpathogenic in Wegener's granulomatosis [3]

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 414-415

  Charytan, David M ^a   Le, Danielle D ^a   Grossman, Joseph M ^a   Holthaus, Kathryn A ^a   Kalluri, Raghu ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE ANTIBODY; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; STEROID;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG BIOPSY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; IMMUNOLOGY;

AGED; ANTI-GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE DISEASE; AUTOANTIBODIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLASMA EXCHANGE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0142150029     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(03)00373-5     Document Type: Letter

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