Intravenous application of omega-3 fatty acids in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis. The ORA-1 Trial. An open pilot study

Lipids

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-34

  Leeb, Burkhard F ^a,b   Sautner, Judith ^a   Andel, Ingrid ^a   Rintelen, Bernhard ^a  

^a Lower Austrian Center for Rheumatology   (Austria)

^b Humanisklinikum Lower Austria   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; EMULSIONS; OILS AND FATS; PATIENT TREATMENT; SCREENING;

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (RA); THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY; TOLERABILITY;

FATTY ACIDS;

CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; FISH OIL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGAVEN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EMULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PHLEBITIS; INJECTION SITE REACTION; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 33644609636     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/11745-006-5066-x     Document Type: Article

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