Pulmonary-renal syndrome, diffuse pulmonary hemorrhage and glomerulonephritis, associated with Wegener's granulomatosis effectively treated with early plasma exchange therapy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-53

  Sugimoto, Toshiro ^a   Deji, Naoko ^a   Kume, Shinji ^a   Osawa, Norihisa ^a   Sakaguchi, Masayoshi ^a   Isshiki, Keiji ^a   Koya, Daisuke ^a   Kashiwagi, Atsunori ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crescentic necrotizing glomerulonephritis; Diffuse pulmonary hemorrhage; Plasma exchange; Pulmonary renal syndrome; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASMAPHERESIS; RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLASMA EXCHANGE; SYNDROME; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 33846095372     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.6070     Document Type: Article

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