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The effect of methylprednisolone on lymphocyte phenotype and function in patients with multiple sclerosis.
Journal of neuroimmunology - 1 Jan 1990
Kirk P, Compston A
Abstract excerpt
The extent to which symptomatic improvement in patients with multiple sclerosis treated with intravenous methylprednisolone depends on immunological actions of corticosteroids is unknown. In this study the effect of methylprednisolone on circulating T and B cell function has been assessed in vitro and in vivo. Low molar concentrations of methylprednisolone increased pokeweed mitogen-stimulated IgG synthesis by...
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