Combination treatment of rheumatoid arthritis using azathioprine and methotrexate: A 48 week controlled clinical trial

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 44, 1996, Pages 64-68

  Willkens, Robert F ^a,c   Stablein, Donald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b EMMES CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Combination; Rheumatoid arthritis; Therapy

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; METHOTREXATE; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; VOMITING; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COMBINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; AZATHIOPRINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029995133     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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