The Acute-Phase Response Es Relation to Radiographic Progression in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Prospective Study During the First Three Years of the Disease

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 32, Issue , 1993, Pages 9-13

  Van Leeuwen, M A ^a   Van Rijswuk, M H ^a   Limburg, P C ^a   Van Der Heijde, D M F M ^b   Van De Putte, L B A ^b   Van Riel, P L G M ^b   Meerman, G J Te ^c   Houtman, P M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute phase proteins; C reactive protein; Early rheumatoid arthritis; Radiological analysis; Therapeutic response

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027252478     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/32.suppl_3.9     Document Type: Article

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