Steroid pulse therapy for rheumatoid arthritis: Effect on lymphocyte subsets and mononuclear cell adhesion

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 282-286

  Kadioglu, A ^a   Sheldon, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesion molecules; Corticosteroid therapy; Lymphocyte subsets; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAMINA PROPRIA; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SWINE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0031827284     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/37.3.282     Document Type: Article

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