Pulmonary haemorrhage in ANCA-associated vasculitis

Rheumatology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1410-1412

  Ravindran, Vinod ^a,b   Watts, Richard A ^a  

^a IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b PVS Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CYTOPENIA; DATA BASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LETTER; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY-ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954203945     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq061     Document Type: Letter

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