Chloroquine and QTc interval [6]

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 795-

  Silva, J A ^a   Silva, M B ^a   Skare, Thelma L ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO EVANGÉLICO DE CURITIBA   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CHLOROQUINE; CLOROQUINA; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISONE; REUQUINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHLOROQUINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 37349120099     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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