Relapsing polychondritis: Case report and literature review

Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 680-683

  Pol, Krzysztof ^a   Jarosz, Mirosław ^a  

^a Brodnowski Hospital Warsaw   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Auriculitis; Conjunctivitis; Fever of undetermined etiology; Relapsing polychondritis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTRIAXONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALAISE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS;

EID: 72249113837     PISSN: 00323772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20452/pamw.805     Document Type: Article

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