Pneumonitis Complicating Low-Dose Methotrexate Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 145, Issue 11, 1985, Pages 2035-2038

  Clair, E William ^a   Rice, John R ^a   Snyderman, Ralph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CEFALEXIN; CEFOPERAZONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PREDNISONE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TOBRAMYCIN SULFATE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE; DRUG THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INJURY; INTOXICATION; JOINT; LUNG INJURY; LUNG TOXICITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THERAPY;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE REPORT; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS;

EID: 0022376725     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1985.00360110105023     Document Type: Article

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