Table 1.

Treatment dosage in selected studies

Authors	CsA dose	CsA dosage	CsA therapy length (months)	GCS type	GCS dose	GCS route	GCS dosage	GCS therapy length (months)
Açıkgöz et al.	2.5–6 mg/kg/day	Once a day	2–12	–	–	–	–	–
Ferrando and Grimalt	5 mg/kg/day (~ 150 mg/day)	Twice a day	6–12	–	–	–	–	–
Jang et al.	50–400 (~ 180.9) mg/day	Once a day	3–36	–	–	–	–	–
Constantopoulos et al.	5–7.5 mg/kg/day	Once a day	6	–	–	–	–	–
Gupta et al.	6 mg/kg/day	NR	3	–	–	–	–	–
Lai et al.	4 mg/kg/day	Twice a day	3	–	–	–	–	–
Yeo et al.	2.5 mg/kg/day	Once a day	4	Methylprednisolone	2.5–5 mg/kg/day	PO	Once a day	4
Lee D et al.	2.5–5 mg/kg/day	Once a day	6	Methylprednisolone	20–24 mg/day	PO	Once a day	6
Lee JR et al.	100–200 mg/day	NR	6	Methylprednisolone	10–30 mg/day	PO	NR	6
Kim et al.	200 mg/day	Twice a day	NR	Methylprednisolone	12–24 mg/day	PO	Twice a day	NR
Shaheedi-Dadras et al.	2.5 mg/kg/day	Once a day	5–8	Methylprednisolone	500 mg/day	IV	3 consecutive days a month	5–8
Shapiro et al.	5 mg/kg/day	Once a day	6	Prednisone	5 mg/day	PO	Once a day	7
Teshima et al.	2.5 mg/kg/day	Once a day	NR	Prednisolone	5 mg/day	PO	Once a day	NR
Gadzhigoroeva	3.5 mg/kg/day	Once a day	4–6	Prednisolone	15 mg/day	PO	Once a day	4–6

CsA cyclosporine A, GCS systemic corticosteroid, PO per os, IV intravenous, NR not reported