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A new promising treatment in systemic sclerosis: 5-fluorouracil
J A Casas1, C P Subauste, G S Alarcón
1Department of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
|October 1, 1987
Abstract:
Twelve patients with systemic sclerosis according to American Rheumatism Association criteria were treated with intravenous 5-fluorouracil. Significant subjective and objective improvement occurred initially in the skin and subsequently in the involved viscera and vasculature. These preliminary results suggest that 5-fluorouracil may be an effective treatment for systemic sclerosis.