Long-term efficacy of intravenously administered immunoglobulin in a case of polymyositis with limited application of steroid therapy

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 496-499

  Nakamura, Hideki ^a   Fujikawa, Keita ^b   Kawakami, Atsushi ^a   Tamai, Mami ^a   Yamasaki, Satoshi ^a   Ida, Hiroaki ^a   Eguchi, Katsumi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Isahaya Health Insurance General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunosuppressive therapy; Intravenously administered immunoglobulin; Polymyositis; Prednisolone

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MUSCLE ENZYME; PREDNISOLONE; SULPERAZON;

ADD ON THERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COUGHING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FEVER; GLAUCOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AZATHIOPRINE; CREATINE KINASE; CYCLOSPORINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POLYMYOSITIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78049337306     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-010-0298-2     Document Type: Article

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