Fluoroquinolone-induced tendinopathy: What do we know?

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 622-625

  Harrell, Richard M ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 1455 E Bert Kouns Industrial Loop ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ENOXACIN; LOMEFLOXACIN; NABUMETONE; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; TENDINITIS; TENDON DISEASE; TENDON RUPTURE; TENOSYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033010416     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199906000-00014     Document Type: Article

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