Mycophenolate mofetil in primary central nervous system vasculitis

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-59

  Salvarani, Carlo ^a   Brown, Robert D ^b   Christianson, Teresa J H ^b   Huston, John ^b   Giannini, Caterina ^b   Miller, Dylan V ^b   Muratore, Francesco ^a   Hunder, Gene G ^b  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Mycophenolate mofetil; PCNSV; Therapy; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETANERCEPT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CONFUSION; DISABILITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RELAPSE; REMISSION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNSTEADINESS; VERTIGO; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937737529     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: 1532866X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2015.02.008     Document Type: Article

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