Evaluation of efficacy and safety of diacerein in knee osteoarthritis in Chinese patients

Chinese Medical Sciences Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 75-80

  Zheng, Wen Jie ^a   Tang, Fu Lin ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Zhang, Feng Chun ^a   Li, Zhan Guo ^b   Su, Yin ^b   Wu, Dong Hai ^c   Ma, Li ^c   Zhou, Hui Qiong ^c   Huang, Feng ^d   Zhang, Jiang Lin ^d   Liang, Dong Feng ^d   Zhou, Yi Xiong ^e   Xu, Hui ^e  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

^d CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diacerein; Diclofenac sodium; Drug evaluation; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

DIACETYLRHEIN; DICLOFENAC; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LABORATORY TEST; LEG EDEMA; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALPATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH PAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHRAQUINONES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DICLOFENAC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SAFETY;

EID: 33745771925     PISSN: 10019294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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