Abnormal homocysteine metabolism in rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 718-722

  Roubenoff, Ronenn ^a   Dellaripa, Paul ^b   Nadeau, Marie R ^a   Abad, Leslie W ^a   Muldoon, Bernadette A ^b   Selhub, Jacob ^a   Rosenberg, Irwin H ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GOLD; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHIONINE; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FASTING; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0030966942     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780400418     Document Type: Article

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