Corticosteroid injection in rheumatoid arthritis does not increase rate of total joint arthroplasty

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1001-1004

  Roberts, W Neal ^a   Babcock, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Breitbach, Sarah A ^a,c   Owen, Duncan S ^a,d   Irby, W Robert ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d Taliaferro/Scott Dept of Int Med   (United States)

Author keywords

ARTHROCENTESIS; CARTILAGE; CORTICOSTEROID; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; JOINT PROSTHESIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030006565     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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