Patient with Churg-Strauss syndrome complicated by acute progressive neuropathy who was successfully treated by prompt administration of an oral corticosteroid

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-112

  Kaneko, Takehiko ^a   Nishiyama, Yukiko ^a   Takezawa, Tomoko ^a   To, Yasuo ^a  

^a Fraternity Memorial Hospital Tokyo   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; NEUROPATHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 75649109675     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2009.00757.x     Document Type: Letter

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