Mycophenolate mofetil and intravenous dexamethasone in the treatment of persistent lupus myelitis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 588-591

  Tomietto, Paola ^a   D'Agostini, Serena ^b   Annese, Virginia ^b   De Vita, Salvatore ^a   Ferraccioli, Gianfranco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Mycophenolate mofetil; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Transverse myelitis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; CHLOROQUINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NADROPARIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HICCUP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYELITIS; PARAPARESIS;

EID: 33847685868     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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