[Prognostic evaluation of the absolute lymphopenia during prednisolone therapy of chronic pulmonary sarcoidosis (author's transl)].

Abstract

From a controlled prednisolone therapy trial 130 patients with chronic pulmonary sarcoidosis who had already finished their drug-therapy were evaluated. The relapse rate was 28.5% within the following two years. It is obvious, that the long-time prognosis of cases with very low absolute numbers of lymphocytes in the peripheral blood (1000 and less/mul) is significantly poorer than in all other cases.

• Authors: D Böttger
• Journal: Zeitschrift fur Erkrankungen der Atmungsorgane (Z Erkr Atmungsorgane) Vol. 144 Issue 1 Pg. 39-44 ( 1976) ISSN: 0303-657X [Print] Germany
• Vernacular Title: Zur prognostischen Bedeutung der absoluten Lymphopenie unter der Prednisolontherapie der chronischen Lungensarkoidose
• PMID: 969688 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Prednisolone

Topics

• Chronic Disease
• Humans
• Lung Diseases (complications, drug therapy)
• Lymphopenia (chemically induced, diagnosis)
• Prednisolone (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Prognosis
• Recurrence
• Sarcoidosis (complications, drug therapy)