Hypoxemia with high alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient but no lung involvement in a patient with Churg-Strauss syndrome: Case report

International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 251-253

  Utsugi, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Ishizuka, T ^a,a   Hisada, T ^a   Sato, K ^a   Dobashi, K ^b   Mori, M ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Churg Strauss syndrome; Hypoxemia

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; THROMBOMODULIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG VOLUME; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 41849139640     PISSN: 03946320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039463200802100131     Document Type: Article

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