Outcome of dexamethasone-cyclophosphamide pulse therapy in pemphigus: A case series

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 373-378

  Kandan, Sakthi ^a   Thappa, Devinder Mohan ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cyclophosphamide; Dexamethasone; Pemphigus; Pulse therapy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALOPECIA; AMENORRHEA; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; AZOOSPERMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLURRED VISION; BODY WEIGHT; CARBUNCLE; CATARACT; CELLULITIS; CENTRAL SEROUS RETINOPATHY; CHILL; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSGEUSIA; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPNEA; EOSINOPHILIA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ERYTHEMATOUS PEMPHIGUS; FATALITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUSHING; FOOT EDEMA; FURUNCULOSIS; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HICCUP; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTENSION; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOON FACE; MYALGIA; NAIL PIGMENTATION; NAUSEA; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OSTEOPENIA; PARANEOPLASTIC PEMPHIGUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PERIRENAL ABSCESS; PNEUMONIA; PRURITUS; PSOAS ABSCESS; RELAPSE; REMISSION; RIGOR; SEPTICEMIA; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN INFECTION; SOMNOLENCE; SORE THROAT; SWEATING; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; THRUSH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; URTICARIA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67749088587     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.53133     Document Type: Article

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