Basilar hyperlucency in a patient with emphysema due to hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome

Respiratory Care

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 697-699

  Ghamra, Ziad ^a   Stoller, James K ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency; Basilar hyperlucency; Emphysema; Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome; Methylphenidate

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT;

ADULT; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIC URTICARIAL VASCULITIS SYNDROME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; SMOKING; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HYPERTRANSLUCENT LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SYNDROME; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS;

COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG, HYPERLUCENT; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0642336795     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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