3 Cases of polymyalgia rheumatica (pmr), in which serum amyloid a was a useful index of the disease activity

Ryumachi

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 756-762

  Yamane, T ^a   Yamauchi, H ^a   Imaizumi, Y ^a   Senba, T ^a  

^a HYOGO PREFECTURAL AWAJI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

C reactive protein (CRP); Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR); Serum amyloid A (SAA)

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; SERUM AMYLOID A;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN;

EID: 0034848367     PISSN: 03009157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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