Pulmonary fibrosis presenting as an early manifestation of microscopic polyangiitis

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 141-144

  Eleftheriou, D ^a   Katsenos, S ^a   Zorbas, S ^a   Griveas, I ^a   Psathakis, K ^a  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Microscopic polyangiitis; Perinuclear antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibodies; Pulmonary fibrosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; ANTIBODY; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; MYELOPEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANOREXIA; ANURIA; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUBBING FINGERS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEUTROPHIL; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; PROTEINURIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CRACKLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIGITAL CLUBBING; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FRAIL ELDERLY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; IMMOBILITY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NECROTIZING GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877298536     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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