Low serum creatine kinase activity is associated with muscle weakness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 603-608

  Stucki, Gerold ^a   Brühlmann, Pius ^a   Stoll, Thomas ^a   Stucki, Susanne ^a   Willer, Barbara ^a   Michel, Beat A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Creatine; Creatine kinase; Enzyme activities; Exercise; Rheumatoid arthritis; Strength

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATINE KINASE; GOLD; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLAMINE; PREDNISONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATINE KINASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030001909     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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