Spontaneous pneumothorax in Wegener's granulomatosis: A case report

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-80

  Sezer, Ilhan ^a   Kocabas, Hilal ^a   Melikoglu, Meltem Alkan ^a   Budak, Bayram Serdar ^a   Ozbudak, Irem Hicran ^a   Butun, Bulent ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal involvement; Pneumothorax; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEVER; GRANULOMATOUS VASCULITIS; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT SWELLING; LABORATORY TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; NOSE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PURPURIC RASH; SNEEZING; SORE THROAT; SPLENOMEGALY; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 39149132123     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-007-0007-y     Document Type: Article

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