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Gold Therapy

Known as: aurotherapy, chrysotherapy 
A procedure that uses gold salts (a salt form of the metal element gold) to treat diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis. The gold salts stop cells… 
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Inhibition of lysosomal cysteine proteases by chrysotherapeutic compounds: a possible mechanism for the antiarthritic activity of Au(I).
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Antimalarial drugs for rheumatoid arthritis.
Review
1982
Review
1982
1 Immunopharmacology of Gold
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Effect of gold on progression of erosions in rheumatoid arthritis. Better results with early treatment.
The advance of radiological destruction in 57 patients with definite rheumatoid arthritis was observed for 5-6 years. In all… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Selective concentration and localization of gold in macrophages of synovial and other tissues during and after chrysotherapy in rheumatoid patients.
Gold distribution was studied in the tissues of 7 rheumatoid patients who had died from 0 to 23 years after stopping… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Chrysotherapy. A prospective study.
A 4-year prospective clinical study of chrysotherapy was designed to reexamine old beliefs and traditions, and to test… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Ultrastructural changes produced in rheumatoid synovial membrane by chrysotherapy.
Biopsies of rheumatoid synovial membrane before and after chrysotherapy were examined with the light and electron microscopes… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Gold dermatitis. A clinical and histopathological study.
Thirty-seven patients with skin eruptions that developed during chrysotherapy for rheumatoid arthritis or pemphigus were examined… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Comparison of Azathioprine, Cyclophosphamide, and Gold in Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Azathioprine, cyclophosphamide, and gold have been compared under double-blind conditions in the treatment of relatively early… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Clinical response and serum gold levels in chrysotherapy. Lack of correlation.
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