Pott′s disease and hypercalcemia in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis receiving methotrexate monotherapy

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 631-633

  Zorlu, Mehmet ^a   Kiskac, Muharrem ^a   Karatoprak, Cumali ^a   Cakirca, Mustafa ^a   Yavuz, Erdinç ^b   Çetin, Güven ^a   Çikrkçioǧlu, Mehmet Ali ^a  

^a BEZMIALEM VAKIF UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hypercalcemia; Methotrexate; Pancytopenia; Pott s disease; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

FENYRAMIDOL; FOLIC ACID; LEVOTHYROXINE; MEROPENEM; METHOTREXATE; TELMISARTAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LOW BACK PAIN; MONOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCYTOPENIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN BIOPSY; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; POTT'S DISEASE;

HYPERCALCEMIA; METHOTREXATE; PANCYTOPENIA; POTT'S DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; METHOTREXATE; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 84890113356     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: 19983751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.121385     Document Type: Article

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