Pulmonary infiltrates with eosinophilia induced by nimesulide in an asthmatic patient

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Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 651-653

  Perng, Diahn Warng ^a,b   Su, Hsuan Tsung ^a   Tseng, Chih Wei ^a   Lee, Yu Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Induced sputum; Nimesulide; Pulmonary infiltrates with eosinophils

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NIMESULIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG INFILTRATE; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY INFILTRATE WITH EOSINOPHILIA; SPUTUM;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EOSINOPHILIA; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 29144511599     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088008     Document Type: Article

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