A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the slow-acting symptom-modifying effects of colchicine in osteoarthritis of the knee: A preliminary report

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 280-284

  Das, Siddharth K ^a,c   Ramakrishnan, S ^a   Mishra, Kavita ^a   Srivastava, Ragini ^a   Agarwal, G G ^b   Singh, Ragini ^a   Sircar, A R ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^c B 2 ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Colchicine; Knee osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; NIMESULIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0037097749     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.10455     Document Type: Article

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