NSAIDs should not be used in treatment of stress fractures [4]

American Family Physician

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1452-1454

  Stovitz, Steven D ^a   Arendt, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

DRUG CHOICE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OSSIFICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS FRACTURE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 7044249821     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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