Dissecting aneurysm of the thoracic aorta in a patient with nephrotic syndrome and brucellosis

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 641-645

  Kusztal, M ^a   Dorobisz, A ^a   Kuzniar, J ^a   Garcarek, J ^a   Koscielska Kasprzak, K ^a   Kaminska, D ^a   Porazko, T ^a   Klinger, M ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Cyclosporine; Dissecting aortic aneurysm; Glomerulonephritis; Nephrotic syndrome; Prednisone; Stent graft

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CYCLOSPORIN A; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; VANCOMYCIN; VIRUS DNA;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEVER; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; STENT; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BRUCELLOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME;

EID: 34447332783     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-006-9090-9     Document Type: Article

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