Evaluation of interleukin 6 in rheumatoid arthritis as an activity criterion

Rheumatology International

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 141-144

  Senturk T ^a   Kinikli, G ^a   Turgay, M ^a   Tutkak, H ^a   Duman, M ^a   Tokgoz G ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Interleukin 6; Osteoarthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovial fluid

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 GLOBULIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0029822670     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01419726     Document Type: Article

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