Serum androgen-anabolic hormones and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 281-285

  Heikkila R ^a   Aho, K ^b   Heliovaara M ^b   Knekt, P ^b   Reunanen, A ^b   Aromaa, A ^b   Leino, A ^c   Palosuo, T ^b  

^a KANTA HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031876454     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.57.5.281     Document Type: Article

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