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Hess EV Kammen PL . Pulse therapy in rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Intern Med 1981; 94: 128–9.

Eyanson S Passo MH Aldo-Benson MA Benson MD . Methylprednisolone pulse therapy for non-renal lupus erythematosus. Ann Rheum Dis 1980; 39: 377–80.

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Gatica HR Contreros V Astorga GP . Clinical efficacy of high dose methylprednisolone pulse therapy for non-renal lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum 1982; 25 (suppl):78.

Cathcart ES Idelson BA Scheinberg MA Couser WG . Beneficial effects of methylprednisolone “pulse” therapy in diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis. Lancet 1976; 1: 163–6.

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Hoch S Schur PH . Alternate day intravenous methylprednisolone pulse therapy in systemic lupus erythematosus (abstract). Arthritis Rheum 1981; 24 (suppl):72.

Kimberly RP Lockshin MD Sherman R McDougal JS Inman RD Christian CL . High-dose intravenous methylprednisolone pulse therapy in systemic lupus erythematosus. Am J Med 1981; 70: 817–24.

Ponticelli C Zuchelli P Banfi G Treatment of diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis by intravenous high-dose methylprednisolone. Q J Med 1982; 51: 16–24.

Fan PT Yu DTY Clements PJ Fowlston S Eisman J Bluestone R . Human response: Comparison of one and three daily 1 gm intravenous pulses of methylprednisolone. J Lab Clin Med 1978; 91: 625–34.

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Perez HD Kimberly RP Kaplan HB Edelson H Inman RD Goldstein IM . Effect of methylprednisolone infusion on polymorphonuclear leucocyte function in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum 1981; 24: 641–7.

Liebling MR Leib E McLaughlin K Pulse methylprednisolone in rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Intern Med 1981; 94: 21–6.

Garrett R Paulus H . Complications of intravenous methylprednisolone pulse therapy (abstract). Arthritis Rheum 1980; 23: 677.

Alves LE Rose EP . Complications of steroid therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Intern Med 1981; 94: 713.

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Moses RE McCormick A Nickey W . Fatal arrhythmia after pulse methylprednisolone therapy. Ann Intern Med 1981; 95: 781–2.

Ihde DC DeVita VT . Osteonecrosis of the femoral head in patients with lymphoma treated with intermittent combination chemotherapy. Cancer 1975; 36: 1585–8.

Sweet DL Roth DG Kesser RK Miller JB Ultman JE . Avascular necrosis of the femoral head with combination therapy. Ann Intern Med 1976; 85: 67–8.

Abeles M Urman JD Rothfield NF . Aseptic necrosis of bone in SLE. Arch Intern Med 1978; 138: 750–4.

Klipper AR Stevens MB Zizic TM Hungerford DS . Ischemic necrosis of bone in SLE. Medicine 1976; 55: 251–7.

Richards JM Santiago SM Klaustermeyer WB . Aseptic-necrosis of the femoral head in corticosteroid-treated pulmonary-disease. Arch Intern Med 1980; 140: 1473–5.

Jacobs B . Epidemiology of traumatic and nontraumatic osteonecrosis. Clin Orthop 1978; 130: 51–67.

Pierides AM Simpson W Stainsby D Alvarez-Ude F Uldall PR . Avascular necrosis of bone following renal transplantation. Q J Med 1975; 44: 459–79.

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Diethelm AG . Surgical management of complications of steroid therapy. Ann Surg 1977; 185: 251–63.

Cruess RL . Experience with steroid-induced avascular necrosis of the shoulder and etiologic consideration regarding osteonecrosis of the hip. Clin Orthop 1978; 130: 86–93.

Cruess RL . Cortisone-induced avascular necrosis of the femoral head. J Bone Joint Surg 1977; 59B: 308–17.

Moran TJ . Cortisone-induced alterations in lipid metabolism: Morphologic and serologic observations in rabbits. Arch Pathol 1962; 15: 300–12.

Cruess RL Crawshaw E Ross D . The etiology of steroid-induced avascular necrosis of bone. Clin Orthop 1975; 113: 178–83.

Milgram JW Riley LH . Steroid-induced avascular necrosis of bone in 18 sites. Bull Hosp Joint Dis 1976; 37: 11–23.

Wang GJ Moga DB Richemer WG Sweet DE Reger SI Thompson RC . Cortisone-induced bone changes and its response to lipid clearing agents. Clin Orthop 1978; 130: 81–5.

Fischer DE Bickel WH Holley KE . Histologic demonstration of fat emboli in aseptic necrosis associated with hypercortisonism. Mayo Clin Proc 1964; 44: 252–9.

Kemper JW Baggenstoss AH Slocumb CH . The relationship of therapy with cortisone to the incidence of vascular lesions in rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Intern Med 1957; 46: 831–49.

Gold EW Fox OD Weissfield S Curtiss PH . Corticosteroid-induced avascular necrosis: An experimental study in rabbits. Clin Orthop 1978; 135: 272–80.

Cosgriff SW . Thromboembolic complications associated with ACTH and cortisone therapy. JAMA 1951; 147: 924–6.

Fischer DE . The role of fat embolism in the etiology of corticosteroid-induced avascular necrosis. Clin Orthop 1978; 130: 68–80.

Fischer DE Bickel WH . Corticosteroid-induced avascular necrosis. J Bone Joint Surg 1971; 53A: 859–73.

Gregg PJ Barsoum MK Soppitt D Jackson RH . Avascular necrosis of bone in children receiving high-dose steroid treatment. Br Med J 1980; 2: 116.

Velayos EE Leidholt JD Smyth CJ Priest R . Arthropathy associated with steroid therapy. Ann Intern Med 1966; 64: 759–71.

Jarroll EL Bingham AK Meyer EA . Giardia cyst destruction: Effectiveness of six small quantity water disinfection methods. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1980; 29: 8–11.

Brodsky RE Spencer HC Schultz MG . Giardiasis in American travelers to the Soviet Union. J Infect Dis 1974; 130: 319–23.

Craun GF , Waterborne outbreaks. J Water Pollut Control Fed 1977; 49: 1268–79.

Davies RB Hibler CP . Animal reservoirs and cross-species transmission of giardia. EPA Symposium on Waterborne Transmission of Giardiasis, EPA Publication No. (EPA) 600/9 — Y9–001. Cincinnati: U.S. Government Protective Agency, 1978: 104–26.

Farthing JJ Keusch GT . Giardiasis: The wilderness disease. Drug Ther 1982; 12: 115–24.

Chang SL . Waterborne viral infections and their prevention. Bull WHO 1968; 38: 401–14.

Kahn FH Visscher BR . A simple, safe method of water purification for backpackers. West J Med 1975; 122: 450–3.

Craun GF . Water borne giardiasis in the United States: A review. Am J Public Health 1979; 69: 817–9.