Hypocomplementaemic urticarial vasculitis: Successful treatment with cyclophosphamide-dexamethasone pulse therapy

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 704-707

  Worm, M ^a   Muche, M ^a   Schulze, P ^a   Sterry, W ^a   Kolde, G ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URTICARIA;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS, HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 0031716390     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02473.x     Document Type: Article

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