Remission of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with varicella infection

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1606-1608

  Saulsbury, Frank T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile rheumatod arthritis; Varicella

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; METHOTREXATE; NAPROXEN; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 0033019630     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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