Successful treatment of anca-negative wegener's granulomatosis with rituximab

International Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Khan, Afsha ^a   Lawson, Catherine A ^a   Quinn, Mark A ^a   Isdale, Amanda H ^a   Green, Michael J ^a  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG LESION; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NOSE MALFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTALGIA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STRIDOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 79955125542     PISSN: 16879260     EISSN: 16879279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/846063     Document Type: Article

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