Hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis and growth hormone axis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-46

  Demir, Hüseyin ^a   Keleştimur, Fahrettin ^a   Tunç, Murat ^a   Kirnap, Mehmet ^a   Özügül, Yavuz ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Growth hormone axis; Hypotalamo pituitary adrenal axis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0032979825     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009749950155779     Document Type: Article

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