Wegener's granulomatosis in northern India

Y N Singh; A N Malaviya; S K Sharma; A Kumar; J P Wali; S C Dash; U N Bhuyan

Wegener's granulomatosis in northern India

J Assoc Physicians India. 1992 Sep;40(9):594-6.

Authors

Y N Singh¹, A N Malaviya, S K Sharma, A Kumar, J P Wali, S C Dash, U N Bhuyan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

PMID: 1308014

Abstract

Till recently, Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) was considered a rare disease in India. Over the last 5 years we studied 13 proven cases of WG. This paper describes the details of the disease as seen in these patients, and response to corticosteroid and cyclophosphamide therapy, and compares these observations with a Western and an Indian study.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
Autoantibodies / analysis
Cyclophosphamide / therapeutic use
Female
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis* / diagnosis
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis* / drug therapy
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis* / pathology
Humans
India
Male
Middle Aged
Prednisolone / therapeutic use

Substances

Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
Autoantibodies
Cyclophosphamide
Prednisolone