Long-term remission of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease associated with primary Sjögren's syndrome following immunosuppressive therapy

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 637-640

  Naniwa, Taio ^a   Takeda, Yutaka ^b  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Azathioprine; Glucocorticoids; Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary veno occlusive disease; Sj gren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; JAPANESE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; PAROTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; REMISSION; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

AZATHIOPRINE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; PREDNISOLONE; PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855658359     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-011-0440-9     Document Type: Article

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