High-dose cyclophosphamide with stem cell rescue for severe rheumatoid arthritis: short-term efficacy correlates with reduction of macroscopic and histologic synovitis

Arthritis Rheum. 2002 Mar;46(3):837-9. doi: 10.1002/art.10093.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antirheumatic Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Antirheumatic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / complications
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / pathology
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / therapy*
  • Arthroscopy
  • Cyclophosphamide / administration & dosage*
  • Cyclophosphamide / therapeutic use
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Female
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Salvage Therapy*
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Synovitis / etiology
  • Synovitis / pathology
  • Transplantation, Autologous

Substances

  • Antirheumatic Agents
  • Cyclophosphamide