TY - JOUR KW - Adrenal Cortex Hormones KW - Anti-Inflammatory Agents KW - Drug Synergism KW - Erythema Nodosum KW - Humans KW - Immunosuppressive Agents KW - Leprosy, lepromatous KW - Male KW - Methotrexate KW - Middle Aged KW - Prednisolone KW - Treatment Failure KW - Treatment Outcome AU - Kar BR AU - Babu R AB -
This is a report of a case of steroid resistant severe Type 2 reaction that was managed with methotrexate and prednisolone. Synergistic action of both the drugs in severe Type 2 reaction make them one of the preferred combinations in the absence of other agents such as thalidomide.
BT - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15755203?dopt=Abstract DA - 2004 Dec DO - 10.1489/1544-581X(2004)72<480:MIRE>2.0.CO;2 IS - 4 J2 - Int. J. Lepr. Other Mycobact. Dis. LA - eng N2 -This is a report of a case of steroid resistant severe Type 2 reaction that was managed with methotrexate and prednisolone. Synergistic action of both the drugs in severe Type 2 reaction make them one of the preferred combinations in the absence of other agents such as thalidomide.
PY - 2004 SP - 480 EP - 2 T2 - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association TI - Methotrexate in resistant ENL. UR - http://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v72n4a08.pdf VL - 72 SN - 0148-916X ER -