Evidence for the Superiority of Immunosuppressive Drugs and Prednisone over Prednisone Alone in Lupus Nephritis
Authors:
- David T. FelsonDFDavid T. Felson
- Jennifer AndersonJAJennifer Anderson
- 13 December 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 311 (24) , 1528-1533
Abstract
In an effort to clarify the role of immunosuppressive drugs in the management of lupus nephritis, we pooled data from all published clinical trials in which patients had been randomly assigned to receive either prednisone alone or prednisone plus cyclophosphamide or azathioprine.Keywords
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