In juvenile idiopathic arthritis, is folate supplementation effective against methotrexate toxicity at the expense of methotrexate's efficacy?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 537-538

  Killeen, O G ^a   Gardner Medwin, J M ^a  

^a RHSC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; METHOTREXATE;

ALOPECIA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG TOLERANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCER; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE;

EID: 33744785677     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.094219     Document Type: Note

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