Low-dose methotrexate compared to placebo in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis;Baixa dose de methothrexate comparado a placebo em osteoartrite de joelho

Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 334-340

  de Holanda, Haroldo Tenório ^a   Feldman Pollak, Daniel ^a,b   Cardoso Pucinelli, Maário Luis ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Disciplina de Reumatologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Inflammatory; Knee; Methotrexate; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 51449124694     PISSN: 04825004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0482-50042007000500008     Document Type: Article

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