Relapsing polychondritis: A description of a case and review article

Rheumatology International

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 707-713

  Edrees, Amr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Cartilage disorder; Relapsing polychondritis

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; HLA DR6 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OTALGIA; OTITIS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STENT; SUBGLOTTIC STENOSIS; SWELLING; TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AUTOIMMUNITY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHONDRITIS, RELAPSING; PREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959984106     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-010-1775-9     Document Type: Review

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