Total lymphoid irradiation in rheumatoid arthritis: A ten-year followup

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 426-429

  Westhovens, Rene ^a,b   Verwilghen, J O ^a   Dequeker, Jan Dequeker Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE IRRADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PLASMACYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-CD8 RATIO; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 0030981339     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780400306     Document Type: Article

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