Prednisone is more effective than prednisolone metasulfobenzoate in the treatment of bullous pemphigoid [2]

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-90

  Lebrun Vignes, Bénédicte ^a   Roujeau, Jean Claude ^a   Bernard, Philippe ^a   Delaporte, Emmanuel ^a   Joly, Pascal ^a   Prost, Catherine ^a   Vaillant, Loic ^a   Herson, Serge ^a   Chosidow, Olivier ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE 3 SULFOBENZOATE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; PREDNISOLONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032953505     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.135.1.89     Document Type: Letter

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