Difficulty of diagnosing Wegener's granulomatosis in the head and neck region

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-70

  Tsuzuki, Kenzo ^a   Fukazawa, Keijiro ^a   Takebayashi, Hironori ^a   Hashimoto, Kengo ^a   Sakagami, Masafumi ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic pattern antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (cANCAs); Diagnostic difficulty; Head and neck region; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DIPLOPIA; EARACHE; EPISTAXIS; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERITIS; TINNITUS; VISUAL ACUITY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 56949093702     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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