Steroid pulse therapy in lupus cystitis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-158

  Segawa, Chikako ^a   Wada, Takashi ^a   Furuichi, Kengo ^a   Takasawa, Kazuya ^a   Yokoyama, Hitoshi ^a   Kobayashi, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

chemokine; interleukin 8 (IL 8); methylprednisolone pulse therapy; monocyte chemotactic and activating factor (MCAF); systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CYSTITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0029882054     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.35.155     Document Type: Article

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