Relapsing Wegener's granulomatosis: Successful treatment with cyclosporin-A

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-192

  Georganas, C ^a,c   Ioakimidis, D ^a   Iatrou, C ^a   Vidalaki, B ^a   Iliadou, K ^a   Athanassiou, P ^b   Kontomerkos, T ^a  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

cyclophosphamide; cyclosporin A; immunoglobulin; pla sma exchange; treatment; vasculitis; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG THERAPY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PREDNISOLONE; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; SPLENECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0029878726     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02230339     Document Type: Article

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