Warning nonrespiratory symptoms in asthma: Catastrophic abdominal involvement in a case of Churg-Strauss syndrome

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 595-597

  Rolla, Giovanni ^a,b   Tartaglia, Nicoletta ^a   Motta, Manuela ^b   Ferrero, Nicoletta ^a   Bergia, Roberta ^a   Guida, Giuseppe ^a   Heffler, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUTICASONE; GABAPENTIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SALMETEROL; TRAMADOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ILEUM RESECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; VASCULITIS;

EID: 34250637138     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60743-0     Document Type: Article

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