Rheumatoid factor measured by fluoroimmunoassay: A responsive measure of rheumatoid arthritis disease activity that is associated with joint damage

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 603-607

  Knijff Dutmer, E ^a   Drossaers Bakker, W ^a   Verhoeven, A ^b   Van der Sluijs Veer, G ^a   Boers, M ^c   Van der Linden, S ^b   Van de Laar, M ^a  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; HUMANS; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

EID: 0036288830     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.61.7.603     Document Type: Article

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