Pulse steroids: How much is enough?

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 111-113

  Franchin, Giovanni ^a   Diamond, Betty ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Lupus; Methylprednisolone; Pulse; SLE; Steroid

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS;

EID: 31144467045     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2005.08.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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