Colchicine for recurrent pericarditis (CORP): A randomized trial

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 409-414

  Imazio, Massimo ^a   Brucato, Antonio ^b   Cemin, Roberto ^c   Ferrua, Stefania ^d   Belli, Riccardo ^a   Maestroni, Silvia ^b   Trinchero, Rita ^a   Spodick, David H ^e   Adler, Yehuda ^f  

^a MARIA VITTORIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^c General Regional Hospital   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALE DEGLI INFERMI   (Italy)

^e SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Misgav Ladach General Hospital Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; COLCHICINE; IBUPROFEN; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART TAMPONADE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE DISEASE; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 80053504821     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-155-7-201110040-00359     Document Type: Article

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