Rituximab treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension in adult-onset still's disease

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 657-658

  Padilla Ibarra, J ^a   Sanchez Ortiz, A ^b   Sandoval Castro, C ^a   Ramos Remus, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b Unidad de Investigacion en Enfermedades Cronico Degenerativas   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; ADULT ONSET STILL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; STILL'S DISEASE, ADULT-ONSET; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883548367     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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