Effects of oral cyclophosphamide and prednisolone therapy on the endothelial functions and clinical findings in patients with early diffuse systemic sclerosis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2256-2261

  Apras, Sule ^a   Ertenli, Ihsan ^a   Ozbalkan, Zeynep ^a,d   Kiraz, Sedat ^a   Ozturk, M Akif ^a   Haznedaroglu, Ibrahim C ^a   Çobankara, Veli ^b   Pay, Salih ^c   Calguneri, Meral ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Denizli Univ School of Medicine   (Turkey)

^c GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOKINE; DNA ANTIBODY; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; THROMBOMODULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; E-SELECTIN; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; THROMBOMODULIN;

EID: 0042573935     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.11081     Document Type: Article

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