A short course of BG9588 (anti-CD40 ligand antibody) improves serologic activity and decreases hematuria in patients with proliferative lupus glomerulonephritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 719-727

  Boumpas, Dimitrios T ^a,b,h   Furie, Richard ^c   Manzi, Susan ^d   Illei, Gabor G ^a   Wallace, Daniel J ^e   Balow, James E ^f   Vaishnaw, Akshay ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^g BIOGEN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; BG 9588; CD40 LIGAND MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DNA ANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GLUCOCORTICOID; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEMENT BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PAIN; PHARYNX DISEASE; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SEROLOGY; SIDE EFFECT; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIBODIES, BLOCKING; CD40 LIGAND; COMPLEMENT C3; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINURIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037333857     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.10856     Document Type: Article

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