Systemic corticosteroids remain the mainstay of therapy for pemphigus. Their use has
transformed what was almost invariably a fatal illness into one whose mortality is now below …

Follicular dendritic cells (FDCs) are potent accessory cells for B cells, but the molecular
basis of their activity is not understood. Several important molecules involved in FDC–B-cell …

Plasmapheresis combined with prednisone and azathioprine therapy produced striking
clinical improvement in five patients with myasthenia gravis who still had moderate to severe …

• The effectiveness of adjuvant therapy of pemphigus was evaluated by comparing the
results of studies of pemphigus treated with corticosteroids and adjuvant as opposed to …

Objective. To investigate the effect of an intensified treatment protocol synchronizing
plasmapheresis with subsequent pulse cyclophosphamide for severe systemic lupus …

Fifty-four patients with chronic progressive multiple sclerosis received prednisone plus oral
low-dose cyclophosphamide and either true plasmapheresis (PP) or “sham” PP weekly for …

• Thirty-five patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IM) were treated with
plasmapheresis. They had had inadequate clinical responses to prednisone or to …

We determined the circulating levels of pemphigus antibodies in 11 patients with pemphigus
treated with plasmapheresis, corticosteroids, and immunosuppressive drugs and in 11 …

Publisher Summary Graft-versus-host reactions (GVHRs) are one of the most intriguing
facets of transplantation immunology. This chapter describes the GVHRs, and mechanisms …

Four patients with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis and pulmonary hemorrhage
(Goodpasture's syndrome) induced by circulating anti-glomerular basement membrane …