Pulmonary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma developed during long-term methotrexate therapy for rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3639-3642

  Wang, Huiying ^a   Wu, Dandan ^a   Xiang, Hua ^a   Chen, Aifeng ^a   Liu, Jin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Methotrexate; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL); Pulmonary lymphoma; Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HAND MALFORMATION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; METHOTREXATE;

EID: 84872190377     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-010-1496-0     Document Type: Article

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