More on fluoroquinolone antibiotics and tendon rupture

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 332, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 193-

  Szarfman, Ana ^a   Chen, Min ^a   Blum, Michael D ^a   Pierfitte, Corinne ^b   Gillet, Pierre ^b   Royer, Rene J ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Nancy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DIURETIC AGENT; ENOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTI INFECTIVE AGENTS, FLUOROQUINOLONE;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG LABELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDINITIS; TENDON RUPTURE; ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; IATROGENIC DISEASE; NOTE; PREGNANCY; RUPTURE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, FLUOROQUINOLONE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREGNANCY; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TENDINITIS;

EID: 0028855090     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199501193320319     Document Type: Letter

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