A case of Wegener’s granulomatosis

Journal of Isfahan Medical School

Volumn 27, Issue 101, 2010, Pages

  Karimifar, Mansoor ^a   Karimifar, Mozhgan ^a   Salesi, Mansour ^a   Karimzadeh, Hadi ^a   Bonakdar, Zahra Sayed ^a   Mottaghi, Peyman ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hemoptesia; Sinusitis; Vasculitis; Wegener s granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; APO CETIRIZINE; BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PANTOPRAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY WEIGHT LOSS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LUNG DISEASE; OTITIS MEDIA; SINUSITIS; SKIN DEFECT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VOMITING; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 84925013536     PISSN: 10277595     EISSN: 1735854X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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