Double-blind randomized controlled trial and six-year open follow-up of yttrium-90 radiosynovectomy versus triamcinolone hexacetonide in persistent rheumatoid knee synovitis

Autor: E. N. Grant, K. Hobby, K. Fryday-Field, T. Disney, Nicholas Bellamy, A. Driedger
Rok vydání: 1992
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Zdroj: Inflammopharmacology. 1:231-238
ISSN: 1568-5608
0925-4692
DOI: 10.1007/bf02735372
Popis: Knee joints (n=30) from 22 adult rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who were previously randomized and subjected to a six-month double-blind controlled trial of yttrium-90 vs. triamcinolone hexacetonide with a six-year follow-up. In contrast to most previous studies, there was no co-administration of a steroid agent at the time the radiopharmaceutical was injected. One month after treatment the triamcinolone group had less pain (p
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