TY - JOUR
T1 - Successful salvage therapy of intravenous cyclophosphamide for refractory polymyositis in an elderly patient: a case report.
AU - Di Raimondo, Domenico
AU - Pinto, Antonio
AU - Tuttolomondo, Antonino
AU - Licata, Giuseppe
AU - Di Gati, Maria
AU - Fernandez, Paola
AU - Di Sciacca, Riccardo
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Dermatomyositis and polymyositis may affect children and adults and are now widely recognizedas major causes of disability which, thanks to the introduction of immunosuppressive drugs, is oftentreatable, at least to some extent. Few data exist regarding polymyositis in elderly patients. We describea case of refractory life-threatening polymyositis in an elderly patient, successfully treated withintravenous cyclophosphamide
AB - Dermatomyositis and polymyositis may affect children and adults and are now widely recognizedas major causes of disability which, thanks to the introduction of immunosuppressive drugs, is oftentreatable, at least to some extent. Few data exist regarding polymyositis in elderly patients. We describea case of refractory life-threatening polymyositis in an elderly patient, successfully treated withintravenous cyclophosphamide
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/28198
M3 - Article
SN - 0394-6320
VL - 19 (4)
SP - 924
EP - 934
JO - International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology
JF - International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology
ER -