Does smoking stimulate rheumatoid factor production in non-rheumatic individuals?

APMIS

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 970-974

  Jónsson, Thorbjörn ^a   Thorsteinsson, Jón ^a   Valdimarsson, Helgi ^a  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Rheumatoid factor; Smoking

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 0031762178     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1998.tb00247.x     Document Type: Article

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