Chloroquine combined with cyclosporine in rheumatoid arthritis: More than the addition of 2 drugs alone

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 44, 1996, Pages 61-63

  Dijkmans, Ben A C ^a   Van Den Borne, Ben E E M ^a   Landewé, Robert B M ^a   Miltenburg, André M M ^a   Verweij, Cornelis L ^a,b   Breedveld, Ferdinand C ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Rheumatology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chloroquine; Combination therapy; Cyclosporine; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; CYCLOSPORIN; GOLD SALT; METHOTREXATE; PENICILLAMINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; REVIEW;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHLOROQUINE; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS;

EID: 0029864699     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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