The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal and gonadal axes in rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 917, Issue , 2000, Pages 835-843

  Cutolo, Maurizio ^a,c,d   Villaggio, Barbara ^a   Foppiani, Luca ^b   Briata, Melania ^a   Sulli, Alberto ^a   Pizzorni, Carmen ^a   Faelli, Francesca ^a   Prete, Camilla ^a   Felli, Lamberto ^b   Seriolo, Bruno ^a   Giusti, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Division of Rheumatology   (Italy)

^d Division of Rheumatology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ESTROGEN; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL STRESS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; TH1 CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033669582     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb05449.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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