Subcutaneous immunoglobulins in ocular myositis

Rheumatology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 764-765

  Danieli, Maria Giovanna ^a   Moretti, Romina ^a   Pettinari, Lucia ^a   Gabrielli, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE SWELLING; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL MYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CHILD; DIPLOPIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOSITIS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA;

EID: 84858638659     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ker340     Document Type: Letter

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