Drug-combination therapy of rheumatoid arthritis

Springer Seminars in Immunopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 309-318

  Miescher, P A ^a,b   Favre, H ^b   Lemoine, R ^b   Tamagnini, P ^a  

^a Autoimmune Disease Centre   (San Marino)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUOCORTOLONE; GOLD SALT; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREMOR;

EID: 0031786591     PISSN: 03444325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00832014     Document Type: Article

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