Early and aggressive treatment of rheumatoid arthritis patients affects the association of HLA class II antigens with progression of joint damage

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 899-905

  Lard, L R ^a   Boers, M ^b   Verhoeven, A ^c   Vos, K ^a   Visser, H ^a   Hazes, J M W ^d   Zwinderman, A H ^a   Schreuder, G M T ^a   Breedveld, F C ^a   De Vries, R R P ^a   Van Der Linden, S ^c   Zanelli, E ^a   Huizinga, T W J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036225943     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.10151     Document Type: Article

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