Severe gastrointestinal involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus treated with rituximab and cyclophosphamide (B-cell depletion therapy) [3]

Lupus

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 841-842

  Waite, Lucy ^a   Morrison, E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB;

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; CELL THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35948949566     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203307081118     Document Type: Letter

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