Pulse therapy and its modifications in pemphigus: A six year study

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 329-333

  Narasimha Rao, P ^a,b   Lakshmi, T S S ^a  

^a OSMANIA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b B 48 Income Tax Colony ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone azathioprine pulse; Dexamethasone cyclophosphamide pulse; Dexamethasone methotrexate pulse; Pemphigus

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CALCIUM; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOSE; METHOTREXATE; VITAMIN D;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; AZOOSPERMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLADDER IRRITATION; CANCER; CANDIDIASIS; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; GONAD DYSFUNCTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATURIA; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INDIA; INFERTILITY; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; MOON FACE; MYCOSIS; NEOPLASM; OLIGOSPERMIA; PEMPHIGUS; PSYCHOSIS; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; STRIA; SUDDEN DEATH; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UTERUS DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33646460600     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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