Patient expectations in the clinical investigation of the first use of cortisone in rheumatoid arthritis: Historical vignette

International Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 419-424

  Matteson, Eric L ^a   Hunder, Gene G ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical trial; cortisone; history; rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTISONE; GOLD; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NEOSTIGMINE; PENICILLIN G; PHENOBARBITAL; STREPTOMYCIN;

ACNE; ADRENAL CORTEX HYPERFUNCTION; ANEMIA; ANXIETY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FLUSHING; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEADACHE; HIRSUTISM; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; JOINT STIFFNESS; JOINT SWELLING; LUNG EDEMA; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIDE EFFECT; SYNOVITIS; TINNITUS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VIGNETTE;

EID: 77955645241     PISSN: 17584272     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/ijr.10.28     Document Type: Article

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