Folic acid and folinic acid supplementation during low-dose methotrexate therapy for rheumatoid arthritis: Comment on the article by van Ede et al [6]

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1413-1414

  Morgan, Sarah L ^a   Baggott, Joseph E ^a   Alarcón, Graciela S ^a   Koopman, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; DIARRHEA; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STOMATITIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0036090204     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.10280     Document Type: Letter

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