Hepatitis B virus-related polyarteritis nodosa presenting with multiple lung nodules and cavitary lesions

Chest

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 195-197

  Naniwa, Taio ^a,b   Maeda, Tomoyo ^a,b   Shimizu, Shigeki ^c   Ito, Rei ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENTECAVIR; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; MEROPENEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MINOCYCLINE; MYELOBLASTIN; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN; VIRUS DNA; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC ACTIVE HEPATITIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; GRANULOMATOUS VASCULITIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPANESE; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CAVITATION; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS MUTATION;

EID: 77954750013     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-2579     Document Type: Article

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