"Spontaneous" resolution of two severe methotrexate-induced pneumonias;Résolution « spontanée » de deux pneumopathies sévères au méthotrexate

Revue de Pneumologie Clinique

Volumn 59, Issue 5 I, 2003, Pages 301-305

  Berkani, K ^a   Bayle, J Y ^b   Perol, M ^c   Bejui Thivolet, F ^c   Perrot, D ^d   Guerin, J C ^c  

^a Centre Hospitalier Departemental   (France)

^b LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Drug induced pneumonia; Methotrexate; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BLEOMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIMETABOLITE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLOW RATE; GAS FLOW; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION INHIBITION TEST; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; LUNG GRANULOMA; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HOSPITALIZATION; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION;

AGED; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0346502734     PISSN: 07618417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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