Retraction: Effect of low-dose oral prednisolone on symptoms and systemic inflammation in older adults with moderate to severe knee osteoarthritis: A randomized placebo-controlled trial (The Journal of Rheumatology (2014) 41 (53-59) DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.130199);Effect of low-dose oral prednisolone on symptoms and systemic inflammation in older adults with moderate to severe knee osteoarthritis: A randomized placebo-controlled trial

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-59

  Abou Raya, Anna ^a   Abou Raya, Suzan ^a   Khadrawi, Tarek ^b   Helmii, Madihah ^c  

^a Alexandria Center for Womens Health   (Egypt)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Function; Knee osteoarthritis; Low dose corticosteroids; Pain

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LOW-DOSE CORTICOSTEROIDS; PAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDNISOLONE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84891766238     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.130199.RET1     Document Type: Erratum

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