Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor induces disease flare in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1655-1658

  Iking Konert, Christof ^a,b   Ostendorf, Benedikt ^a   Foede, Mark ^a   Fischer Betz, Rebecca ^a   Jung, Gregor ^b   Haensch, Maria G ^c   Schneider, Matthias ^a  

^a Center of Rheumatology   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody; Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody associated systemic vasculitis; Granulocyte colony stimulating factor; Polymorphonuclear neutrophils; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETANERCEPT; METHOTREXATE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG GRANULOMA; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY ASSOCIATED SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; ORBIT PSEUDOTUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULITIS;

EID: 3442877224     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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