Dexamethasone-cyclophosphamide pulse therapy in pemphigus

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 184-186

  Manzoor, Sheikh ^a   Bhat, Yasmeen ^a   Ahmad, Shabir ^a   Andleeb, A ^a   Inam, I ^a  

^a SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LETTER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; SKIN BIOPSY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PEMPHIGUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG;

EID: 63149196725     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.48671     Document Type: Letter

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