Absence of transaminase elevation during concomitant methotrexate and isoniazid therapy

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2127-

  Ekochin, Lea Hilda ^a   Manadan, Augustine M ^a,b   Aggarwal, Rohit ^a   Sequeira, Winston ^a,b   Block, Joel A ^a,b  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; METHOTREXATE; PYRIDOXINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LETTER; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; TUBERCULOSIS; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; LIVER; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; TRANSAMINASES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 70349243950     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090149     Document Type: Letter

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