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ArticleCurrent rheumatology reports2011

Vasculitides throughout history and their clinical treatment today.

Antonio Iglesias-Gamarra, Edgar Penaranda, Luis R Espinoza

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Article in Current rheumatology reports, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Antonio Iglesias-GamarraDepartment of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, National University School of Medicine, Bogota, Colombia. iglesias.antonio1@gmail.com
Edgar Penaranda
Luis R Espinoza
Universidad Antonio Nariño · CO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Therapeutic management of the vasculitides is closely linked to modern rheumatologic advances, particularly as it relates to the discovery and first clinical use of glucocorticoids. These compounds were introduced in the late-1940s for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, but soon after, clinicians in Europe and the United States realized that they could have a significant positive impact in systemic vasculitides. However, once it was realized that glucocorticoid use was associated with a high degree of morbidity, the search for better immunosuppressive agents with similar efficacy but improved safety profiles was on. During the past several years, several agents have been utilized for the therapeutic management of systemic vasculitides, and the list keeps growing with the development of newer compounds that have retained efficacy but with a better safety profile.

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Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsGlucocorticoidsHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsRemission InductionRheumatologyVasculitisGlucocorticoidsImmunosuppressive Agents

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PMID21904885
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