Late reactivation of spinal tuberculosis by low-dose methotrexate therapy in a patient with rheumatooid arthritis [1]

Rheumatology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 341-342

  Binymin, K ^a   Cooper, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 0035059653     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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