Development, recurrence, and severity of infections in Mexican patients with rheumatoid arthritis. A nested case-control study

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1900-1907

  Hernández Cruz, Blanca ^a   Cardiel, Mario H ^a   Villa, Antonio R ^a   Alcocer Varela, Jorge ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^b Dept of Immunology and Rheumatology ^*

Author keywords

Infections; Methotrexate; Rheumatoid arthritis; Steroids

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; PENICILLAMINE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MIXTURE; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INFECTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031783117     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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