Successful treatment of intravenous cyclophosphamide pulse therapy for lupus myelitis with urinary disturbance and acute confusional state
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[Successful treatment of intravenous cyclophosphamide pulse therapy for systemic lupus erythematosus complicated with steroid-resistant hemolytic anemia].
(Case 1) A 13-years-old female had multiple arthralgia and butterfly rush, when she admitted in our hospital in May 2001. Nephropathy, hemolytic anemia (Hb 6.3 g/dl and direct Coombs 3+) and high titers of antinuclear antibodies and anti-ds-DNA antibody were disclosed and she was diagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Although combination therapy of PSL 60 mg/day with a steroid pulse ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Clinical Immunology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0911-4300,1349-7413
DOI: 10.2177/jsci.27.338