Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 876, Issue , 1999, Pages 152-154

  Giltay, Erik J ^a   Van Schaardenburg, Dirkjan ^a   Gooren, Louis J G ^a   Dijkmans, Ben A C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; PRASTERONE SULFATE; STEROID;

AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032780560     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb07633.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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