Multidisciplinary Integrative Approach to Treating Knee Pain in Patients with Osteoarthritis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 139, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 781-783

  Hochberg, Marc C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MSTF 834 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CAPSAICIN; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DICLOFENAC; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSAMINE; HIRUDIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THROMBOCYTE ADHESION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642502383     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-139-9-200311040-00013     Document Type: Review

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