A recent study found that the prevalence of thromboembolic events is increased in individuals with Dermatomyositis with ...

Dr. Stefan Plontke of Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg. AC102 is considered a promising alternative to corticoid therapy for sudden hearing loss, as it was able to restore hearing almost ...

Berlin-based start-up AudioCure Pharma has enrolled more than 50% of the planned patients in its ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial. The aim of the study is to test the efficacy of the new compound AC102 ...

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: The primary objective is to assess the benefits and harms of glucocorticoid facet joint injections in adults ...

Eight milligrams of triamcinolone in divided doses (2 mg. four times daily) for eight days did produce a significant decrease in mean 8-a.m. plasma 17-hydroxycorticosteroid levels (Table 1 and Fig ...

A RECENT trial, known as the STAR study, compared two glucocorticoid tapering strategies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in low disease activity (LDA) and found no significant difference in ...

WHOLE-organ homotransplantation is a modality of therapy that has only recently been submitted to clinical investigation in man, 1 and reports on the natural history of patients so treated are ...

The study also suggests that racial and genetic factors might contribute to the higher incidence of liver dysfunction among Japanese patients with AAV compared to findings in Western studies. The ...