Pulmonary aneurysms in Behçet's disease completely resolved after medical therapy;Anévrisme pulmonaire complètement résolu après un traitement médical au cours de la maladie de Behçet

Revue de Pneumologie Clinique

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 311-314

  Ben Dhaou, B ^a   Ketari, S ^a   Boussema, F ^a   Aydi, Z ^a   Baili, L ^a   Rokbani, L ^a  

^a HABIB THAMEUR HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Azathioprine; Beh et's disease; Corticosteroids; Cyclophosphamide; Pulmonary artery aneurysm

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PULMONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANEURYSM; AZATHIOPRINE; BEHCET SYNDROME; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 84867208177     PISSN: 07618417     EISSN: 17762561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneumo.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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