Complete remission in refractory relapsing polychondritis with intravenous immunoglobulins.
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1Department of Internal Medicine and 2Department of Ophthalmology, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Descartes, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France. Benjamin Terrier, MD; Achille Aouba, MD; Boris Bienvenu, MD, PhD; Coralie Bloch-Queyrat, MD, PhD; Emmanuelle Delair, MD; Jasmina Mallet, MD; Alfred Mahr, MD, PhD; Loïc Guillevin, MD. B. Terrier, A. Aouba and L. Guillevin wrote the paper. B. Bienvenu, C. Bloch-Queyrat, E. Delair, J. Mallet and A. Mahr participated in the follow-up of the patient. Please address correspondence to: Dr. Achille Aouba, Department of Internal Medicine, Cochin Hospital, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France. E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Received on February 5, 2007; accepted in revised form on October 2, 2007. © Copyright CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY 2008.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical and experimental rheumatology
دوره 26 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008