Multilevel airway involvement in children with Wegener's granulomatosis: Clinical course and the utility of a multidisciplinary approach

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 480-485

  Eustaquio, Marcia E ^a   Chan, Kenny H ^a,c   Deterding, Robin R ^a   Hollister, Roger J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PLASMAPHERESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBGLOTTIC STENOSIS; TRACHEA RESECTION; TRACHEA STENOSIS; VOCAL CORD DISORDER; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LARYNGOSTENOSIS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956119674     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2011.69     Document Type: Article

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