The New England journal of medicine
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N. Engl. J. Med.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Lack of effect of intraarticular corticosteroids for chronic pain in the cervical zygapophyseal joints.
Chronic pain in the cervical zygapophyseal joints is a common problem after a whiplash injury. Treatment with intraarticular injections of corticosteroid preparations has been advocated, but the value of this approach has not been established. We compared the efficacy of a depot injection of a corticosteroid preparation with the efficacy of an injection of a local anesthetic agent in patients with painful cervical zygapophyseal joints. ⋯ Intraarticular injection of betamethasone is not effective therapy for pain in the cervical zygapophyseal joints after a whiplash injury.
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Comment Letter Case Reports
Tumor lysis syndrome after treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia with cladribine.