High rate of renal relapse in 71 patients with Wegener's granulomatosis under maintenance of remission with low-dose methotrexate

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 326-332

  Reinhold Keller, Eva ^a   Fink, Claudia O E ^a   Herlyn, Karen ^a   Gross, Wolfgang L ^a   De Groot, Kirsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Methotrexate; Remission maintenance; Renal relapse; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; STAGING; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0037097601     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.10459     Document Type: Article

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