Gamma-linolenic acid treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: A Randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1808-1817

  Zurier, Robert B ^a   Rossetti, Ronald G ^a   Jacobson, Eric W ^a   Demarco, Deborah M ^a   Liu, Nancy Y ^a   Temming, Joseph E ^a   White, Bernadette M ^a   Laposata, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD PLATELETS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS;

EID: 0029861680     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780391106     Document Type: Article

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