Successful intravenous immunoglobulin treatment for steroid-resistant eosinophilic enteritis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1018-1020

  Ciccia, Francesco ^a   Giardina, Anna Rita ^a   Alessi, Nicola ^b   Rodolico, Vito ^b   Galia, Massimo ^b   Ferrante, Angelo ^a   Triolo, Giovanni ^a  

^a Dipartimento Biomedico di Medicina Interna e Specialistiche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eosinophilic; Gastroenteritis; IVIG treatment; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EOSINOPHILIC ENTERITIS; EOSINOPHILIC GASTROENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENTERITIS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; ILEUM; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; REMISSION INDUCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84857616004     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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