Comparison of the effects of oral versus intravenous methylprednisolone regimens on peripheral blood T lymphocyte adhesion molecule expression, T cell subsets distribution and TNF alpha concentrations in multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 62-68

  Pitzalis, C ^a   Sharrack, B ^a   Gray, I A ^a   Lee, A ^a   Hughes, R A C ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adhesion molecules; glucocorticosteroids; multiple sclerosis; tumour necrosis factor alpha

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL MEMBRANE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0030892889     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(96)00206-8     Document Type: Article

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