Leukocytosis in rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 197-202

  Syed, Khalid M ^b   Pinals, Robert S ^a  

^a University Medical Center at Princeton   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Leukocytosis; Prednisone; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0029738283     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124743-199608000-00007     Document Type: Article

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