Probable rofecoxib-induced thrombocytopenia [6]

Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 699-700

  Kentos, A ^a   Robin, V ^a   Lambermont, M ^a   Jurdan, M ^a   Pignarelli, M ^a   Feremans, W ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEPREDNISONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; QUININE; ROFECOXIB; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ISOENZYME; LACTONE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PTGS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SULFONE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPISTAXIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MELENA; PETECHIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SHOULDER PAIN; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG ANTAGONISM; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITORS; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LACTONES; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; SULFONES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0141615943     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg155     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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