Plasmapheresis Therapy for Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in Patients with Small-Vessel Vasculitis

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1149-1153

  Klemmer, Philip J ^a   Chalermskulrat, W ^a   Reif, Michael S ^a   Hogan, Susan L ^a   Henke, David C ^a   Falk, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs); Apheresis; Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH); Plasmapheresis; Small vessel vasculitis (SVV)

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SMALL VESSEL VASCULITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344395547     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2003.08.015     Document Type: Article

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