Doxycycline in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis - A Pilot Study

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 804-807

  Sreekanth, V R ^a   Handa, R ^a   Wali, J P ^a   Aggarwal, P ^a   Dwivedi, S N ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; METHOTREXATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034252507     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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