A laryngeal presentation of Churg-Strauss syndrome in childhood

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-145

  Al Ammar, Ahmed Y ^a,b   Yasin, Subhan S ^a   Al Muhsen, Saleh Zaid ^a   Al Saadi, Muslim M ^a   Al Sohaibani, Mohammad O ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHEST INFECTION; CHILD; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DYSPNEA; ENDOSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX DISORDER; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PAPILLOMATOSIS; PLASMA CELL; POLYPOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STRIDOR; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; PATHOLOGY;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 68949092316     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 13199226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4947.51807     Document Type: Article

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