Abnormal IgA levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis [3]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-84

  Badcock, L J ^a   Clarke, S ^b   Jones, P W ^c   Dawes, P T ^b   Mattey, D L ^b  

^a DERBYSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b HAYWOOD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; GOLD; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PENICILLAMINE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IGA DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATOID NODULE;

EID: 0037214123     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.62.1.83     Document Type: Letter

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