Interferon-α treatment of the Churg-Strauss syndrome;Behandlung des Churg-Strauss-syndromes mit interferon-α

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 128, Issue 27, 2003, Pages 1475-1478

  Reißig, Angelika ^a   Forster M ^a   Mock, B ^a   Schilder, C ^b   Kroegel, C ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANDROSTADIENES; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL COUNT; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; INTERFERON TYPE I, RECOMBINANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842667841     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-40284     Document Type: Article

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