Concurrent Takayasu's arteritis and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-related glomerulonephritis related to use of propylthiouracil

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1552-1553

  Baker LePain, Julie C ^b   Farmer Boatwright, Mary K ^c   Dooley, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METOPROLOL; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL;

ADULT; ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY ASSOCIATED GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY RELATED GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG USE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GRAVES DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THROMBOSIS; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS;

EID: 67650487191     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.081177     Document Type: Letter

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