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Combination therapy with pulse cyclophosphamide plus pulse methylprednisolone improves long-term renal outcome without adding toxicity in patients with lupus nephritis.

Illei GG, Austin HA, Crane M, Collins L, Gourley MF, Yarboro CH, Vaughan EM, Kuroiwa T, Danning CL, Steinberg AD, Klippel JH, Balow JE, Boumpas DT.

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Methylprednisolone and cyclophosphamide, alone or in combination, in patients with lupus nephritis. A randomized, controlled trial.

Gourley MF, Austin HA 3rd, Scott D, Yarboro CH, Vaughan EM, Muir J, Boumpas DT, Klippel JH, Balow JE, Steinberg AD.

Ann Intern Med. 1996 Oct 1;125(7):549-57.PMID: 8815753 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Azathioprine/methylprednisolone versus cyclophosphamide in proliferative lupus nephritis. A randomized controlled trial.

Grootscholten C, Ligtenberg G, Hagen EC, van den Wall Bake AW, de Glas-Vos JW, Bijl M, Assmann KJ, Bruijn JA, Weening JJ, van Houwelingen HC, Derksen RH, Berden JH; Dutch Working Party on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

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Controlled trial of pulse methylprednisolone versus two regimens of pulse cyclophosphamide in severe lupus nephritis.

Boumpas DT, Austin HA 3rd, Vaughn EM, Klippel JH, Steinberg AD, Yarboro CH, Balow JE.

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Renal flares are common in patients with severe proliferative lupus nephritis treated with pulse immunosuppressive therapy: long-term followup of a cohort of 145 patients participating in randomized controlled studies.

Illei GG, Takada K, Parkin D, Austin HA, Crane M, Yarboro CH, Vaughan EM, Kuroiwa T, Danning CL, Pando J, Steinberg AD, Gourley MF, Klippel JH, Balow JE, Boumpas DT.

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[Comparison of various cyclophosphamide treatment regimens on the course and outcome of lupus nephritis ]

Petrović R, Stojanović R, Novicić-Sasić D, Dimitrijević J, Pavlović S, Stojković D, Palić-Obradović D, Stevanović G, Prodanović S.

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Predictors of poor renal outcome in patients with lupus nephritis treated with combined pulses of cyclophosphamide and methylprednisolone.

Cortés-Hernández J, Ordi-Ros J, Labrador M, Segarra A, Tovar JL, Balada E, Vilardell-Tarres M.

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Progression and remission of renal disease in the Lupus Nephritis Collaborative Study. Results of treatment with prednisone and short-term oral cyclophosphamide.

Levey AS, Lan SP, Corwin HL, Kasinath BS, Lachin J, Neilson EG, Hunsicker LG, Lewis EJ.

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Maintenance therapies for proliferative lupus nephritis: mycophenolate mofetil, azathioprine and intravenous cyclophosphamide.

Contreras G, Tozman E, Nahar N, Metz D.

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Mizoribine for the treatment of lupus nephritis in children and adolescents.

Tanaka H, Tsugawa K, Tsuruga K, Suzuki K, Nakahata T, Ito E, Waga S.

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Treatment of proliferative lupus nephritis with methylprednisolone pulse therapy and oral azathioprine.

de Glas-Vos JW, Krediet RT, Weening JJ, Arisz L.

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Sequential therapies for proliferative lupus nephritis.

Contreras G, Pardo V, Leclercq B, Lenz O, Tozman E, O'Nan P, Roth D.

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[Methylprednisolone and cyclophosphamide pulse therapy of severe systemic lupus erythematosus in children]

Hu J, Li CW, Zhang X, Pi SH, Zhao JS, Chen XY, Liu Y.

Zhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi. 2003 Jun;41(6):430-4. Chinese. PMID: 14748998 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Improvement of the maintenance therapy after methylprednisolone pulse therapy--effect of prednisolone combined with immunosuppressants]

Miyamae T, Nakasima S, Imagawa T, Ito S, Katakura S, Tomono N, Mori M, Ibe M, Mitsuda T, Aihara Y, Yokota S.

Ryumachi. 1999 Dec;39(6):829-35. Japanese. PMID: 10695406 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Intensified, intermittent, low-dose intravenous cyclophosphamide together with oral alternate-day steroid therapy in lupus nephritis (long-term outcome).

Calguneri M, Ozbalkan Z, Ozturk MA, Apras S, Ertenli AI, Kiraz S.

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Treatment of proliferative lupus nephritis: a changing landscape.

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Treatment with cyclophosphamide delays the progression of chronic lesions more effectively than does treatment with azathioprine plus methylprednisolone in patients with proliferative lupus nephritis.

Grootscholten C, Bajema IM, Florquin S, Steenbergen EJ, Peutz-Kootstra CJ, Goldschmeding R, Bijl M, Hagen EC, Van Houwelingen HC, Derksen RH, Berden JH; Dutch Working Party on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Mar;56(3):924-37.PMID: 17328070 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

EULAR randomised controlled trial of pulse cyclophosphamide and methylprednisolone versus continuous cyclophosphamide and prednisolone followed by azathioprine and prednisolone in lupus nephritis.

Yee CS, Gordon C, Dostal C, Petera P, Dadoniene J, Griffiths B, Rozman B, Isenberg DA, Sturfelt G, Nived O, Turney JH, Venalis A, Adu D, Smolen JS, Emery P.

Ann Rheum Dis. 2004 May;63(5):525-9.PMID: 15082482 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A randomized pilot trial comparing cyclosporine and azathioprine for maintenance therapy in diffuse lupus nephritis over four years.

Moroni G, Doria A, Mosca M, Alberighi OD, Ferraccioli G, Todesco S, Manno C, Altieri P, Ferrara R, Greco S, Ponticelli C.

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2006 Sep;1(5):925-32. Epub 2006 Jun 28.PMID: 17699309 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[Appraisal of renal failure reversing therapies in lupus nephritis]

Yang X, Liang L, Zhan Z, Ye Y, Liu Y, Yu X, Chen W, Yin P.

Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi. 2001 Feb;40(2):113-6. Chinese. PMID: 11798566 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles