Individual relationship between progression of radiological damage and the acute phase response in early rheumatoid arthritis. Towards development of a decision support system

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-27

  Van Leeuwen, Miek A ^a   Van Rijswijk, Martin H ^a   Sluiter, Wim J ^a   Van Riel, Piet L C M ^b   Kuper, Ina H ^a   Van De Putte, Levinus B A ^a   Pepys, Mark B ^c   Limburg, Pieter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute phase response; C reactive protein; radiological progression; rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031018652     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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