Acceptability and usefulness of mizoribine in the management of rheumatoid arthritis in methotrexate-refractory patients and elderly patients, based on analysis of data from a large-scale observational cohort study

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 214-219

  Tanaka, Eiichi ^a   Inoue, Eisuke ^a   Kawaguchi, Yasushi ^a   Tomatsu, Taisuke ^a   Yamanaka, Hisashi ^a   Hara, Masako ^a   Kamatani, Naoyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Disease modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD); Methotrexate (MTX); Mizoribine (MZR); Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

Indexed keywords

ACTARIT; AURANOFIN; BUCILLAMINE; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; METHOTREXATE; MIZORIBINE; PENICILLAMINE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; SODIUM AUROTHIOSULFATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG USE; ECZEMA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLOSSITIS; HEADACHE; HEARTBURN; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STOMATITIS; URTICARIA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBONUCLEOSIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747183367     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-006-0487-1     Document Type: Article

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