Objective Current treatment options for psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are limited. Leflunomide, an
oral pyrimidine synthesis inhibitor, is highly effective in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, …

Objective. To compare the clinical efficacy and safety of leflunomide and methotrexate for the
treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods. In this multicentre, double‐blind trial, 999 …

Background and Methods. Immunosuppression is the most effective treatment for patients
with aplastic anemia, except for bone marrow transplantation. The best results are achieved …

Immunosuppression with antithymocyte globulin, (methyl)prednisolone, and cyclosporin A
is considered the treatment of choice for the patient with aplastic anemia without a donor for …

Background—Black tea is known to be a potent inhibitor of intestinal absorption of non-haem
iron at least in healthy subjects. Aims—To investigate this effect in patients with genetic …

Much progress has been made in recent years in the management of anemia associated
with chronic and renal failure with recombinant human erythropoietin (r-Hu EPO). However, …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether treatment of anemia of chronic disease (ACD) in
patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with recombinant human erythropoietin (rHu-Epo) in …

A standard magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system allowing spin echo times of 10 ms was
used to quantitate liver iron concentration in nine healthy normal subjects and 13 patients …

Erythropoietin and iron. Serum ferritin concentration is most informative in estimating the
amount of storage iron available for a particular individual. The serum transferrin receptor …

The genetic susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis is conferred by genes in the human
leukocyte antigen (HLA) region on chromosome 6, but additional genes may be involved to …