THE CLINICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF PULSE METHYLPREDNISOLONE THERAPY IN RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS .1. CLINICAL EFFECTS
- 1 February 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 15 (2) , 229-232
Abstract
The clinical effects of pulse methylprednisolone therapy were studied in 40 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. A response to pulse therapy was achieved in all but 2. The duration of response to pulse therapy alone was relatively short, but could be increased greatly by the concomitant initiation of treatment with a disease modifying agent.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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