Cyclosporin A and intravenous immunoglobulin treatment in polymyositis/dermatomyositis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-41

  Danieli, M G ^a   Malcangi, G ^a   Palmieri, C ^a   Logullo, F ^a   Salvi, A ^a   Piani, M ^a   Danieli, G ^a  

^a Istituto di Clinica Medica Generale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; HUMAN; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CYCLOSPORINE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYMYOSITIS; PREDNISONE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036145064     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.61.1.37     Document Type: Article

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