Cyclophosphamide therapy in systemic lupus erythematosus and polymyositis
β Scribed by Dr. James F Fries; Gordon C Sharp; Hugh O Mcdevitt; Halsted R Holman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1973
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 758 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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## Objective: To determine the incidence of ovarian failure after cyclophosphamide (cyc) treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) and to identify the risk factors for this complication. ## Methods: The records of 70 premenopausal female sle patients treated with cyc were reviewed retrospe
Seven patients with thrombocytopenia and systemic lupus erythematosus were treated with intravenous (IV) doses of human immunoglobulin to assess clinical response and to examine the mechanism of action of IV immunoglobulin in these patients. Five of 7 patients had a >50% increase in their platelet c