Comparison of sulfasalazine and placebo in the treatment of reactive arthritis (Reiter's syndrome)

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2021-2027

  Clegg, Daniel O ^a,n   Reda, Domenic J ^b   Weisman, Michael H ^a   Cush, John J ^c   Vasey, Frank B ^a   Schumacher Jr , H Ralph ^a   Budiman Mak, Elly ^a   Balestra, Dominic J ^d   Blackburn, Warren D ^e   Cannon, Grant W ^a   Inman, Robert D ^f   Alepa, F Paul ^a   Mejias, Edwin ^g   Cohen, Miriam R ^h   Makkena, Rama ⁱ   Mahowald, Maren L ^a   Higashida, Jean ^a   Silverman, Stuart L ^a   Parhami, Nourollah ^j   Buxbaum, Joel ^a   Haakenson, Clair M ^k   Ward, Richard H ^l   Manaster, B J ^l   Anderson, Robert J ^b,m   Ward, John R ^l   Henderson, William G ^b   more..

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Hines VA Cooperative Studies Program (CSP) Coordinating Center   (United States)

^c VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Pharmacy Coordinating Center ^*

^e BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g VAMC   (Puerto Rico)

^h CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k University of New Mexico   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; REITER SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRITIS; VERTIGO;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLACEBOS; SULFASALAZINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 5544272676     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780391211     Document Type: Review

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