Pulmonary fibrosis - An uncommon manifestation of anti-myeloperoxidase- positive systemic vasculitis?

NDT Plus

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 351-353

  Bhanji, Amir ^a   Karim, Mahzuz ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anti neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies; microscopic polyangiitis; myeloperoxidase; pulmonary fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALBUMIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN; SIMVASTATIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; MICROSCOPY; NEUTROPHIL; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 77956031596     PISSN: 17530784     EISSN: 17530792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfq050     Document Type: Article

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