Familial Churg-Strauss syndrome in two sisters

Chest

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 592-594

  Tsurikisawa, Naomi ^a   Morita, Sonoko ^a   Tsuburai, Takahiro ^a   Oshikata, Chiyako ^a   Ono, Emiko ^a   Taniguchi, Masami ^a   Saito, Hiroshi ^a   Yanagihara, Yukiyoshi ^a   Akiyama, Kazuo ^a  

^a SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Churg Strauss syndrome; Familial case; Heredity; Human leukocyte antigen

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; HLA ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; DRUG MEGADOSE; EOSINOPHILIA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; SYNDROME DELINEATION; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847119059     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-1208     Document Type: Article

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