Pulmonary involvement in Behcet's disease: A positive single-center experience with the use of immunosuppressive therapy;Acometimento pulmonar na doença de Behçet: Uma boa experiência com o uso de imunossupressores

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 362-366

  Santana, Alfredo Nicodemos Cruz ^a,b   Antunes, Telma ^a   De Barros, Juliana Monteiro ^a   Kairalla, Ronaldo Adib ^a   De Carvalho, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro ^a   Barbas, Carmen Silvia Valente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo HCFMUSP ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alveolar hemorrhage; Behcet syndrome; Hypertension, pulmonary; Lung diseases, interstitial; Pulmonary circulation; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CHLORAMBUCIL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BLEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BEHCET SYNDROME; CHLORAMBUCIL; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 47649116182     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1806-37132008000600005     Document Type: Article

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