Monthly intravenous pulse cyclophosphamide therapy in Wegener's granulomatosis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-16

  Le Thi Huong D ^a   Papo, T ^a   Piette, J C ^a   Wechsler, B ^a   Bletry O ^a   Lamas, G ^a   Baumelou, A ^a   Le Hoang, P ^a   Pennaforte, J L ^b   Valcke, J C ^c   Godeau, P ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^c Hopital Boucicaut   (France)

Author keywords

cyclophosphamide; pulse therapy; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 9244245789     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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