Intravenous immunoglobulin in adult Still's disease refractory to non- steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 295-298

  Vignes, S ^a,c   Wechsler, B ^a,d   Amoura, Z ^a   Papo, T ^a   Frances C ^a,d   Le Thi Huong, D ^a   Veyssier, P ^b   Godeau, P ^a   Piette, J C ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Hôpital de Compiègne   (France)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Department of Internal Medicine ^*

Author keywords

Intravenous immunoglobulin; Still's disease

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INDOMETACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; STILL'S DISEASE, ADULT-ONSET; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031971774     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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