Remission of severe rheumatoid arthritis following liver transplantation

Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1993, Pages 827-828

  Lohse, A W ^a   Otto, G ^b   Poralla, T ^a   Büschenfelde, K H Meyer Zum ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Cyclosporin; Immunosuppression; Liver transplantation; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PIRPROFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PHENYLPROPIONATES; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0027197632     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/32.9.827     Document Type: Article

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