Treatment of pemphigus with intravenous pulse cyclophosphamide

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 334-337

  Gokhale, Neeta R ^a,b   Mahajan, Pradeep M ^a   Sule, Rajeev R ^a   Belgaumkar, Vasudha A ^a   Jain, Seema M ^a  

^a B J MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Cyclophosphamide; Intravenous pulse; Pemphigus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLUCOSE; PREDNISOLONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; PEMPHIGUS; SECOND CANCER; SEPSIS; STEROID THERAPY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING;

EID: 33646448119     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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