Spontaneous pneumothorax in Wegener granulomatosis

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 3074-3075

  Delèvaux, Isabelle ^a   Khellaf, Mehdi ^b   André, Marc ^a   Michel, Jean Luc ^a   Piette, Jean Charles ^c   Aumaître, Olivier ^a  

^a SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Pyopneumothorax; Spontaneous pneumothorax; Vasculitis; Wegener granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NODULE; MALE; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 27144435527     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.4.3074     Document Type: Article

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