Maintaining remission of lupus erythematosus profundus (LEP) with cyclosporin A

Lupus

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 390-392

  Saeki, Y ^a   Ohshima, S ^a   Kurimoto, I ^a   Miura, H ^a   Suemura, M ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin A; LEP; SLE

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DAPSONE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS PROFUNDUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PANNICULITIS, LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 0034043004     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096120300678828406     Document Type: Article

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