Montelukast-associated churg-strauss vasculitis: Another associated report

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 351-352

  Black, Jonathan G ^a   Bonner, James R ^a   Boulware, Dennis ^a   Andea, Aleodor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; MOMETASONE FUROATE; MONTELUKAST; SALBUTAMOL; SALMETEROL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFILTRATE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65249126909     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60344-4     Document Type: Letter

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