Dr. Buyon has received consulting fees and/or honoraria from Amgen, Aspreva, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Coley, Genentech Pharmaceutical, Human Genome Science, La Jolla Pharmaceutical, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson (less than $10,000 each) and has provided expert testimony for Grossman and Roth Attorneys-at-Law on one occasion in 2004.
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The effect of moderate-dose corticosteroids in preventing severe flares in patients with serologically active, but clinically stable, systemic lupus erythematosus: Findings of a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Article first published online: 30 OCT 2006
DOI: 10.1002/art.22198
Copyright © 2006 by the American College of Rheumatology
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Tseng, C.-E., Buyon, J. P., Kim, M., Belmont, H. M., Mackay, M., Diamond, B., Marder, G., Rosenthal, P., Haines, K., Ilie, V. and Abramson, S. B. (2006), The effect of moderate-dose corticosteroids in preventing severe flares in patients with serologically active, but clinically stable, systemic lupus erythematosus: Findings of a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 54: 3623–3632. doi: 10.1002/art.22198
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- Issue published online: 30 OCT 2006
- Article first published online: 30 OCT 2006
- Manuscript Accepted: 2 AUG 2006
- Manuscript Received: 7 NOV 2005
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- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). Grant Number: NIAMS-026
- NIH. Grant Number: NIH R01-AR-44690
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