Efficacy of cyclosporine A treatment in relapsing febrile lobular panniculitis associated with small vessel vasculitis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 797-799

  Cantarini, Luca ^a   Fanti, Francesca ^b   Galeazzi, Mauro ^a   Martino, Silvana ^c   Miracco, Clelia ^a   Biagioli, Maurizio ^a   Dal Canto, Norberto ^a   Cimaz, Rolando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin A; Relapsing febrile lobular non suppurative panniculitis; Small vessels vasculitis; Weber Christian disease

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; PREDNISONE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SMALL VESSEL VASCULITIS; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; WEBER CHRISTIAN PANNICULITIS;

BIOPSY; BLOOD VESSELS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYCLOSPORINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; PANNICULITIS, NODULAR NONSUPPURATIVE; RECURRENCE; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS;

EID: 77951022955     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-0990-8     Document Type: Article

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