01267nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653002900055653002400084653002100108653001100129653001200140653001600152653001800168100002200186245018800208300001100396490000600407520062200413022001401035       1981                            d  c1981 Dec10aClinical Trials as Topic10aDouble-Blind Method10aErythema Nodosum10aHumans10aleprosy10aThalidomide10aTriamcinolone1 aDE ALMEIDA NETO E00a[Comparative study of the therapeutic activity of glutamic acid phthalimide and the therapeutic activity of triamcinolone in the treatment of Hansen's reaction of Virchowian Leprosy].  a114-210 v63 a<p>A study was made in twenty inpatients of the "Hospital das Clínicas" of the "Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo" in order to compare the short-term activities of the Brazilian made imidphtalic glutamic acid and of the triancinolone in the therapy of the hansenic reaction of the Virchowian hanseniasis (in the erythema nodosum and in the erythema multiform syndromes as well). In this research it was observed that the therapeutic activities of both drugs present a perfect and undeniable equivalence and that their use have reduced the period of hospitalization to 8,3 days per each patient.</p>  a0100-3283