Low-level increases in serum C-reactive protein are present in early osteoarthritis of the knee and predict progressive disease

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 723-727

  Spector, T D ^a   Hart, D J ^a   Nandra, D ^a   Doyle, D V ^b   Mackillop, N ^b   Gallimore, J R ^c   Pepys, M B ^d  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLAMMATION; JOINT CAVITY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPHYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AUTOANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030966943     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780400419     Document Type: Article

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