Prevalence of antibodies to neurofilament polypeptides in patients with rheumatoid arthritis complicated by peripheral neuropathy

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 689-694

  Salihl, A M ^a   Nixon, N B ^b   Dawes, R T ^a   Mattey, D L ^b  

^a WARRINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Staffordshire Rheumatology Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neurofilament; Neuropathy; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIBODIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031733514     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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