Effectiveness of steroid treatment for hoarseness caused by idiopathic fibrosing mediastinitis: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 382-384

  Ichimura, Hideo ^a,b   Ishikawa, Shigemi ^a   Yamamoto, Tatsuo ^a   Onizuka, Masataka ^a   Inadome, Yukinori ^a   Noguchi, Masayuki ^a   Sakakibara, Yuzuru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TSUKUBA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fibrosing mediastinitis; Hoarseness; Steroid therapy

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FIBROSING MEDIASTINITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDIASTINITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FIBROSIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HOARSENESS; HUMANS; MEDIASTINITIS; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 33645315518     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-005-3161-x     Document Type: Article

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