The steroid-sparing effect of long-term plasmapheresis in pemphigus: An update

Therapeutic Apheresis

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-158

  Sondergaard K ^a   Carstens, J ^a   Zachariae, H ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease therapy; Bullous therapy; Combined immunosuppressive therapy; Pemphigus therapy; Plasma exchange

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGUS; PLASMAPHERESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGUS; PLASMAPHERESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031129126     PISSN: 10916660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-9987.1997.tb00032.x     Document Type: Article

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