Corticosteroid therapy in an alphaviral arthritis

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 326-330

  Mylonas, Andrea D ^a   Harley, David ^a   Purdie, David M ^a   Pandeya, Nirmala ^a   Vecchio, Philip C ^b   Farmer, J F ^c   Suhrbier, Andreas ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alphavirus; CLINHAQ; Corticosteroids; Ross River virus; SF 36; Viral arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ALPHA VIRUS; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 10044297123     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rhu.0000147052.11190.36     Document Type: Article

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