Therapy for recurrent acute pericarditis: A rheumatological solution?

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-50

  Brucato, Antonio ^c,d   Brambilla, Giovanni ^c   Adler, Yehuda ^a   Spodick, David H ^b   Canesi, Bianca ^c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory agents; Colchicine; Non steroidal; Pericardial diseases; Pericarditis; Prednisone

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IBUPROFEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INDOMETACIN; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ITALY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; PERICARDITIS; PREDNISONE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645066634     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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