A randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, controlled dose comparison of thalidomide for treatment of erythema nodosum leprosum

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 518-526

  Villahermosa, Laarni G ^a   Fajardo Jr , Tranquilino T ^a   Abalos, Rodolfo M ^a   Balagon, Maria V ^a   Tan, Esterlina V ^a   Cellona, Roland V ^a   Palmer, Jeffrey P ^b   Wittes, Janet ^b   Thomas, Steven D ^c   Kook, Karin A ^d   Walsh, Gerald P ^a   Walsh, Douglas S ^e  

^a Leonard Wood Memorial Center for Leprosy Research Philippines   (Philippines)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

^c CELGENE CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Salamandra LLC   (United States)

^e EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; MINOCYCLINE; NEOPTERIN; OFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; THALIDOMIDE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPROSTATIC AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM LEPROSUM; FLUORESCENCE; HEADACHE AND FACIAL PAIN; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOMNOLENCE; TREMOR; URINE LEVEL; VERTIGO; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPTERIN; THALIDOMIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 20544448501     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.72.518     Document Type: Article

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