Remission of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis after sequential therapy with corticosteroids and tamoxifen

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 426-429

  Ozgur Tan M ^b,c   Cemil Uygur, M ^a   Diker, Yusuf ^a   Erol, Demokan ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE; TAMOXIFEN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DYSPEPSIA; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 17344376724     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074099     Document Type: Article

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