Urogenital manifestations in wegener granulomatosis: A study of 11 cases and review of the literature

Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 67-74

  Dufour, Jean François ^a   Le Gallou, Thomas ^b   Cordier, Jean François ^a   Aumaître, Olivier ^c   Pinède, Laurent ^d   Aslangul, Elisabeth ^e,f   Pagnoux, Christian ^f,g   Marie, Isabelle ^h   Puéchal, Xavier ⁱ   Decaux, Olivier ^j   Dubois, Alain ^k   Agard, Christian ^l   Mahr, Alfred ^f,g   Comoz, François ^b   Boutemy, Jonathan ^b   Broussolle, Christiane ^a   Guillevin, Loïc ^f,g   Sève, Pascal ^a   Bienvenu, Boris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^d Clinique Protestante   (France)

^e HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^g Institut Cochin   (France)

^h ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ CENTRE HOSPITALIER DU MANS   (France)

^j SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^k Clinique Beausoleil   (France)

^l HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTOSTOMY; DYSURIA; EPIDIDYMITIS; GENITAL ULCER; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; ORCHITIS; PENIS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATITIS; PROTEINURIA; PSEUDOTUMOR; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER OBSTRUCTION; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CYSTOSTOMY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; PREDNISONE; PROSTATECTOMY; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN ULCER; STENTS; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; URETERAL DISEASES; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857824162     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0b013e318239add6     Document Type: Review

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