Esophageal involvement in microscopic polyangiitis: A case report and review of literature

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 663-668

  Matsumoto, Masataka ^a   Nakamura, Takefumi ^a   Ohashi, Tsuyoshi ^a,b   Okuno, Tomoko ^a,c   Takasu, Kosho ^a   Hoshino, Shouichi ^a   Sugiura, Yasushi ^a   Ueshima, Dan ^a   Suzuki, Naoyuki ^a   Uose, Suguru ^a   Nada, Takayuki ^a   Kawaguchi, Kiyotaka ^a  

^a Kitano Hospital   (Japan)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ANCA; Esophagitis; Microscopic polyangiitis; Vasculitis; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LANSOPRAZOLE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; RABEPRAZOLE; TOSUFLOXACIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; PNEUMONIA; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; PLASMA EXCHANGE; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PREDNISOLONE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 34249796977     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.6115     Document Type: Article

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