Achilles tendinitis associated with fluoroquinolones

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 433-437

  Van der Linden, P D ^a   Van de Lei, J ^a   Nab, H W ^a,c   Knol, A ^b   Stricker, B H Ch ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b General Practitioner   (Netherlands)

^c MEDICINES EVALUATION BOARD   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Achilles tendinitis; Cohort study; Fluoroquinolones; Pharmacoepidemiology; Tendinitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TENDINITIS; TENDON RUPTURE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 0032821080     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.1999.00016.x     Document Type: Article

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