Pamidronate treatment in rheumatology practice: A comprehensive review

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1359-1364

  Slobodin, Gleb ^a   Rosner, Itzhak ^a   Feld, Joy ^a   Rimar, Doron ^a   Rozenbaum, Michael ^a   Boulman, Nina ^a   Odeh, Majed ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Pain; Pamidronate; Rheumatic disorder

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTHRALGIA; BACKACHE; BONE NECROSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OSTEOARTHROPATHY; HYPOCALCEMIA; INJECTION SITE REACTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEUKOPENIA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYALGIA; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SAPHO SYNDROME; SIDE EFFECT; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; UVEITIS; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DIPHOSPHONATES; HUMANS; PAIN; PUBMED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 70450250095     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-009-1256-2     Document Type: Review

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