Corticosteroid injections reduce size of rheumatoid nodules

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-23

  Baan, H ^a,b   Haagsma, C J ^a,b   van de Laar, M A F J ^c  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b TWENTEBORG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Injection; Local; Rheumatoid nodule; Triamcinolon acetonide

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; LIDOCAINE; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; DRUG COMBINATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; INJECTION; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; LIDOCAINE; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

EID: 33645728250     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-1098-5     Document Type: Article

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