Prednisone versus tamoxifen in patients with idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: An open-label randomised controlled trial

The Lancet

Volumn 378, Issue 9788, 2011, Pages 338-346

  Vaglio, Augusto ^a   Palmisano, Alessandra ^a   Alberici, Federico ^a   Maggiore, Umberto ^a   Ferretti, Stefania ^a   Cobelli, Rocco ^b   Ferrozzi, Francesco ^c   Corradi, Domenico ^b   Salvarani, Carlo ^d   Buzio, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^c Department of Internal Medicine and Pneuumology   (Italy)

^d S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 79960717197     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60934-3     Document Type: Article

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