A possible case of Churg-Strauss syndrome in a 9-year-old child

Clinics

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 977-980

  Liu, Jinling ^a   Xu, Yingchun ^a   Chen, Zhimin ^a   Xu, Xuefeng ^a   Lu, Meiping ^a   Wang, Yingshuo ^a   Zhou, Yunlian ^a   Gu, Weizhong ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866311626     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2012(08)22     Document Type: Article

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