Blood eosinophilia, corticoadrenal insufficiency and eosinophilic cystitis

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 219-221

  Lin, Hsin Hung ^a   Yen, Tzung Hai ^b   Huang, Chiu Ching ^a   Chiang, Yang Jen ^b   Kuo, Huey Liang ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corticoadrenal insufficiency; Eosinophilia; Eosinophilic cystitis

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB; CORTISONE ACETATE; LORATADINE;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYSTITIS; CYSTOSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL CYSTITIS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADDISON DISEASE; CYSTITIS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 41149100457     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112618     Document Type: Article

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