Corticosteroids: Short-term gain for long-term pain?

The Lancet

Volumn 376, Issue 9754, 2010, Pages 1714-1715

  Scott, Alexander ^a   Khan, Karim M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECURRENCE RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650182189     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61308-6     Document Type: Note

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