Methotrexate-induced pericarditis and pericardial effusion; first reported case

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 834, 1995, Pages 244-245

  Forbat, L N ^a   Hancock, B W ^b   Gershlick, A H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTON PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Glenfield NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methotrexate; Pericardial effusion; Pericarditis; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER ATROPHY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PLEURISY; PREGNANCY; RASH; STOMATITIS; VOMITING;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; METHOTREXATE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PLEURISY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 0028914631     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.71.834.244     Document Type: Article

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