Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug withdrawal in patients with stable rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2150-2152

  McKellar, Gayle E ^a   Hampson, Rosemary ^a   Tierney, Ann ^a   Capell, Hilary A ^a   Madhok, Rajan ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory agents; Rheumatoid arthritis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CODEINE; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISOLONE;

44 JOINT DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 80053559869     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.101162     Document Type: Article

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