Successful autologous stem cell transplantation in two patients with juvenile dermatomyositis

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-92

  Holzer, U ^a   Van Royen Kerkhof, A ^b   Van Der Torre, P ^b   Kuemmerle Deschner, J ^a   Well, C ^a   Handgretinger, R ^a   Mueller, I ^a   Wulffraat, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CREATINE KINASE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FLUDARABINE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTRACTURE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DETERIORATION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DERMATOMYOSITIS; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; TOXICITY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WHEELCHAIR; WHOLE BODY MRI;

CHILD; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76749115237     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009740903096622     Document Type: Article

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