Efficacy of allogeneic mesenchymal stem cell transplantation in patients with drug-resistant polymyositis and dermatomyositis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1285-1288

  Wang, Dandan ^a   Zhang, Huayong ^a   Cao, Mengshu ^a   Tang, Yu ^a   Liang, Jun ^a   Feng, Xuebing ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Hua, Bingzhu ^a   Liu, Bujun ^a   Sun, Lingyun ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; THALIDOMIDE;

ADULT; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DEATH; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOCARDITIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ULCER; THERAPY EFFECT; THERAPY RESISTANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMYOSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957657494     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2010.141804     Document Type: Article

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