Combination therapy with corticosteroids, cyclosporin A, and intravenous pulse cyclophosphamide for acute/subacute interstitial pneumonia in patients with …

H Kameda, H Nagasawa, H Ogawa… - The Journal of …, 2005 - jrheum.org
OBJECTIVE: Acute/subacute interstitial pneumonia (A/SIP) in patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis
(PM/DM) is frequently fatal within months despite high dose prednisolone (PSL) …
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Incidence of cytomegalovirus reactivation in patients with inflammatory connective tissue diseases who are under immunosuppressive therapy.

T Mori, H Kameda, H Ogawa, A Iizuka… - The Journal of …, 2004 - jrheum.org
Incidence of Cytomegalovirus Reactivation in Patients with Inflammatory Connective Tissue
Diseases Who Are Under Immunosuppressi Page 1 Personal non-commercial use only. The …
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A case of multiple giant coronary aneurysms and abdominal aortic aneurysm coexisting with IgG4-related disease

…, A Okuyama, E Nishi, Y Shirai, T Kondo, H Ogawa… - Internal …, 2012 - jstage.jst.go.jp
IgG4-related disease (IgG4RD) is a unique systemic lymphoproliferative disorder characterized
by elevated serum IgG4 levels and IgG4-producing plasma cell expansion in the affected …
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Prospective study of low-dose cyclosporine A in patients with refractory lupus nephritis

H Ogawa, H Kameda, H Nagasawa… - Modern …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
We evaluated the efficacy and safety of low-dose cyclosporine A (CsA) in patients with
refractory lupus nephritis. Nine patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who had lupus …
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Single center prospective study of tacrolimus efficacy and safety in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

…, H Takei, N Sekiguchi, E Nishi, H Ogawa… - Rheumatology …, 2009 - Springer
The aim of this study was to prospectively evaluate the efficacy and safety of tacrolimus for
treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in clinical practice. Fifty-five active RA patients who …
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Efficacy of weekly mizoribine pulse therapy in refractory lupus nephritis

E Nishi, H Kameda, H Ogawa, H Nagasawa… - Modern …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Objective: We investigated the efficacy of a high-dose intermittent dosing treatment method (weekly
mizoribine pulse therapy) conceived in the hope of achieving better efficacy by …
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Development and validation of handy rheumatoid activity score with 38 joints (HRAS38) in rheumatoid arthritis patients receiving infliximab

…, H Takei, K Suzuki, E Nishi, H Ogawa… - Modern …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The parameters involved in the Disease Activity Score of 28 joints (DAS28) are not mutually
independent, and the evaluation excludes ankle and foot joints. We developed a new …
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Notable difference between the development of vertebral fracture and osteonecrosis of the femoral head in patients treated with high-dose glucocorticoids for systemic …

H Kameda, K Amano, H Nagasawa, H Ogawa… - Internal …, 2009 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Objective Vertebral fracture (VF) and osteonecrosis of the femoral head (OFH) are serious
concerns in patients with rheumatic diseases treated with high-dose glucocorticoids (GCs). …
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Factors predicting the response to low-dose methotrexate therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a better response in male patients

…, K Amano, N Sekiguchi, H Takei, H Ogawa… - Modern …, 2004 - Springer
Methotrexate (MTX) is the most commonly used disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD)
throughout the world. In Japan, MTX is recommended by the Japanese Ministry of …
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Successful treatment of class IV+ V lupus nephritis with combination therapy of high-dose corticosteroids, tacrolimus and intravenous cyclophosphamide

…, R Sakai, A Shibata, K Chino, H Ogawa… - Internal …, 2013 - jstage.jst.go.jp
A substantial number of patients with lupus nephritis (LN) are refractory to conventional
glucocorticoid (GC) treatment. Although many of these patients respond to immunosuppressive …
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