Etanercept compared to intraarticular corticosteroid injection in rheumatoid arthritis: Double-blind, randomized pilot study

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1009-1011

  Roux, Christian H ^a,c   Breuil, Veronique ^a,c   Valerio, Laure ^a,c   Amoretti, Nicolas ^a,c   Brocq, Olivier ^b   Albert, Christine ^a,c   Grisot, Christian ^a,c   Allam, Yacine ^a,c   Chevalier, Patrick ^a,c   Pradier, Christian ^a,c   Euller Ziegler, Lianna ^a,c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^b Monaco Hospital   (Monaco)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

Author keywords

Anti tumor necrosis factor ; Intraarticular injections; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; ETANERCEPT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 79957796504     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.100828     Document Type: Article

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