Non-episodic angioedema associated with eosinophilia following Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1573-1576

  Stockner, Ingrid ^a   Thaler, Josef ^a   Fichtel, Gertrud ^a   Egarter Vigl, Eduard ^a   Wallnöfer, Werner ^a   Wiedermann, Christian J ^a  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angioedema; Eosinophilia; Gleich syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 GLOBULIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEVOFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOOT EDEMA; HAND EDEMA; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; PRURITUS; PUNCH BIOPSY; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFLAMMATION;

ADULT; ANGIOEDEMA; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 56349140983     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-0990-1     Document Type: Article

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