Adverse effects of methotrexate in three psoriatic arthritis patients

Rheumatology International

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 571-574

  Maejima, Hideki ^a   Watarai, Akira ^a   Nakano, Toshiaki ^a   Katayama, Chieko ^a   Nishiyama, Hiromi ^a   Katsuoka, Kensei ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Methotrexate; Psoriatic arthritis; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Renal cell carcinoma; Viral uveitis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; ETRETINATE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANKYLOSIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLINDNESS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; JAPANESE; JOINT DESTRUCTION; JOINT SWELLING; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; PUSTULAR PSORIASIS; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; UVEITIS; X RAY ANALYSIS; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MICROBIOLOGY; NEPHRECTOMY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UVEITIS;

EID: 84897070358     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-012-2649-0     Document Type: Article

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