A comparison of the efficacy and tolerability of meloxicam and diclofenac in the treatment of patients with osteoarthritis of the lumbar spine

Inflammation Research

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages

  Valat, J P ^a   Accardo, S ^b   Reginster, J Y ^c   Wouters, M ^d   Hettich, M ^e   Lleu, P L ^f  

^a SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^f BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM   (France)

Author keywords

Lumbar spine; Meloxicam; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; MELOXICAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DICLOFENAC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SPINAL DISEASES; THIAZINES; THIAZOLES;

EID: 0035079068     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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