A young woman with episodic angioedema, papilledema, and eosinophilia

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-127

  Chen, Luke Y C ^a   Lai, Emily J ^a   Collins, David R ^a   Ostrow, David N ^a   Sreenivasan, Gayatri M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISONE; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CLAUDICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; EOSINOPHILIA; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; HYPERVISCOSITY SYNDROME; MENSTRUATION; PALLOR; PAPILLEDEMA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANGIOEDEMA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAPILLEDEMA;

EID: 75449103734     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21584     Document Type: Article

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