Generalized Wegener's granulomatosis in an immunocompetent adult after cytomegalovirus mononucleosis and bacterial urinary tract infection

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1558-1562

  Varani, Stefania ^a,b   Mastroianni, Antonio ^c   Frascaroli, Giada ^d   Tammik, Charlotte ^a   Rahbar, Afsar ^a   Christensson, Marta ^e   Rossini, Giada ^b   Landini, Maria Paola ^b   Söderberg Nauclér, Cecilia ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOKINE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MONONUCLEOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; AUTOANTIBODIES; CYTOKINES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 66049100334     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24487     Document Type: Article

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