Functional outcome of myositis patients: Can a low-dose glucocorticoid regimen achieve good functional results?

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 441-446

  Nzeusseu, A ^a   Brion, F ^a   Lefebvre C ^a   Knoops, P ^a   Devogelaer, J P ^a   Houssiau, F A ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Functional evaluation; Glucocorticoids; Myositis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; MUSCLE ENZYME; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; CREATINE KINASE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMYOSITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREDNISOLONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032818984     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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