Corticosteroid/cyclophosphamide pulse treatment in South African patients with pemphigus

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-250

  Shaik, F ^a   Botha, J ^a   Aboobaker, J ^a   Mosam, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ACNE; ADULT; AGED; AMENORRHEA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING DISEASE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOPENIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PEMPHIGUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETREATMENT; SEPSIS; SKIN DEFECT; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGUS; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77749344607     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03450.x     Document Type: Article

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