Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis in relapsing polychondritis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1565-1567

  Kwok, Seung Ki ^a   Seo, Soo Hong ^a   Kim, Hyun Sook ^a   Ju, Ji Hyeon ^a   Yoon, Chong Hyeon ^a   Park, Sung Hwan ^a   Kim, Ho Youn ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis; Relapsing polychondritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLLAGEN ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 2 ANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETANERCEPT; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXTERNAL EAR DISEASE; EXTERNAL EAR MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NOSE MALFORMATION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS; POLYCHONDRITIS, RELAPSING; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 34547581162     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0458-0     Document Type: Article

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