Varicella-zoster virus hepatitis in polymyositis

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 301-305

  Mizoguchi, Fumitaka ^a   Nakamura, Satsuki ^a   Iwai, Hideyuki ^a   Kubota, Tetsuo ^a   Miyasaka, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Hepatitis; Methotrexate; Polymyositis; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; VIRUS DNA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LOW BACK PAIN; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; METHOTREXATE; POLYMYOSITIS;

EID: 46549083234     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-008-0049-9     Document Type: Article

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