Immunosuppressive therapy for idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: A retrospective analysis of 26 cases

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 194-197

  Marcolongo, Renzo ^a   Tavolini, Ivan Matteo ^a   Laveder, Francesco ^b   Busa, Moira ^a   Noventa, Franco ^a   Bassi, Pierfrancesco ^a   Semenzato, Gianpietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Regional Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PANCREATITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SIDE EFFECT; THRUSH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642553510     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2003.08.033     Document Type: Article

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