Is methotrexate osteopathy a form of bone idiosyncrasy?
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Methotrexate osteopathy in rheumatic disease.
OBJECTIVE To determine whether two adults with stress fractures receiving low weekly doses of methotrexate had methotrexate osteopathy. CASE REPORTS Two adult patients developed features consistent with methotrexate osteopathy while receiving low weekly doses of methotrexate. METHODS Iliac crest biopsy samples were taken and bone histomorphometry carried out. RESULTS Symptoms resolved whe...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.62.11.1123