Treatment of non-life threatening Wegener's granulomatosis with methotrexate and daily prednisone as the initial therapy of choice

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1134-1139

  Stone, John H ^a,b,e   Tun, Waimar ^a,c   Hellman, David B ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Division of Rheumatology   (United States)

^c Dept ot Hlth Management and Policy   (Indonesia)

^d Department of Medicine ^*

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Methotrexate; Treatment; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0032962071     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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