Corticosteroid pulse the therapy for the treatment of cholesterol embolic disease

Internal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1159-1160

  Saito, Takao ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cholesterol embolic disease; Corticosteroids; Eosinophilia; Patient

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTEROID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; APHERESIS; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOSIS; EDITORIAL; FAT EMBOLISM; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 1642422304     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.1159     Document Type: Editorial

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