Controversies on the use of corticosteroid therapy in children with Henoch-Schönlein purpura

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 135-137

  Gonzalez Gay, Miguel A ^a   Llorca, Javier ^b  

^a HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; WARFARIN;

ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; NEPHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RISK;

CHILD; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 28344434699     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2005.06.004     Document Type: Editorial

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