Successful treatment of steroid-resistant Weber-Christian disease with biliary ductopenia using cyclosporin A [3]

Rheumatology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 821-823

  Hinata, M ^a   Someya, T ^a   Yoshizaki, H ^a   Seki, K ^a   Takeuchi, K ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; PREDNISOLONE;

BILE DUCT DISEASE; BILIARY DUCTOPENIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDEMA; FATTY LIVER; FEVER; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALNUTRITION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SKIN BIOPSY; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; WEBER CHRISTIAN PANNICULITIS; ADULT; BILE DUCT; CASE REPORT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; BILE DUCTS; CYCLOSPORINE; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PANNICULITIS, NODULAR NONSUPPURATIVE; PREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24944511299     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keh576     Document Type: Letter

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