Anaphylactic reaction in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis: A rare side effect of methotrexate with etanercept as a provoking factor? [2]

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 321-322

  Houtman, Pieternella M ^a   Jansen, Tim L ^a   Blanken, Rob ^a  

^a MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; ETANERCEPT; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; SULFASALAZOPYRIDINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN TEST;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

EID: 33845484434     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rhu.0000250298.57783.b5     Document Type: Letter

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