Levofloxacin treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving methotrexate

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 135-139

  Ogrendik, Mesut ^a,b  

^a Nazilli State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Levofloxacin; Rheumatoid arthritis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHOTREXATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL PAIN; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORNING STIFFNESS; NAUSEA; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; OFLOXACIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846785240     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000254190.54327.3b     Document Type: Article

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