Rapidly progressive pulmonary fibrosis in a patient treated with danazol for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-57

  Pakhale, Smita ^a,b   Moltyaner, Yuri ^a   Chamberlain, Dean ^a   Lazar, Neil ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Danazol; Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; Pulmonary fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DANAZOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BREATHING RATE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 1642527150     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2004/935458     Document Type: Article

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