Efficacy of imatinib mesylate in a case of Churg-Strauss syndrome: Evidence for the pathogenic role of a tyrosine kinase?

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 378-379

  Josselin Mahr, Laurence ^a   Werbrouck Chiraux, Anabelle ^a   Garderet, Laurent ^a   Cabane, Jean ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEIN; HYDROXYUREA; IMATINIB; MESALAZINE; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BLOODY DIARRHEA; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EVIDENCE BASED EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FATIGUE; GENERALIZED EDEMA; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; BENZAMIDES; BUDD-CHIARI SYNDROME; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PIPERAZINES; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PYRIMIDINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892525792     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket261     Document Type: Letter

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