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[5,6] We treat all our patients who suffer from inflammatory acne with systemic corticosteroids by having them follow a regimen of prednisone 20-30 mg/day for a period of 2-4 weeks. After decades ...

Belimumab combined with SOC was successful for inducing remission among patients with SLE, including those with LN.

17.1% more participants receiving DZP were able to reduce their corticosteroid dose from greater than 7.5 mg/day prednisone equivalent at baseline to 7.5 mg/day at Week 48. 18.8% higher SRI-4 response ...

Four months previously she had been diagnosed with polymyositis associated antisynthetase syndrome, treated with 60 mg/day prednisone which was gradually tapered down to 20 mg/day by the time of ...

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Films of the skull disclosed a greatly enlarged sella turcica, measuring 16 by 20 mm. (Fig ... the patient was treated with 5 mg. of prednisone daily for 6 months. During that time, the headaches ...

17 A complete response (CR) was defined as no evidence of active disease: (1) ESR<20 mm/hour and CRP<10 mg/L, (2) no progression of vessel damage and (3) the dose of GC<15 mg/day prednisone (or ...

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