Preoperative evaluation of a woman with rheumatoid arthritis

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 133-135

  Litaker, David G ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Fellowship Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PIROXICAM; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PIROXICAM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDNISONE; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 0346674192     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.64.3.133     Document Type: Review

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