Clinical and radiographic response to a local infliximab injection in a patient with chronic sacroiliitis

Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 171-173

  O'Shea, Finbar D ^a   Haroon, Nigil ^a   Salonen, David C ^a   Inman, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DICLOFENAC; INFLIXIMAB; NAPROXEN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MORNING STIFFNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIITIS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SACROILIAC JOINT;

EID: 62849089881     PISSN: 17458382     EISSN: 17458390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncprheum1003     Document Type: Article

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