Antiperinuclear factors are present in polyarthritis before ACR criteria for rheumatoid arthritis are fulfilled

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-125

  Berthelot, Jean Marie ^a   Maugars, Yves ^a   Castagné, Anne ^a   Audrain, Marie ^a   Prost, Alain ^a  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPERINUCLEAR FACTOR; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0030895653     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.56.2.123     Document Type: Article

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