A challenging case of rheumatoid arthritis in an acromegalic patient

Rheumatology International

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 146-148

  Özçakar, Levent ^a   Akinci, Aysen ^a   Bal, Serpil ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acromegalic arthropathy; Acromegaly; Cancer polyarthritis; Colon cancer; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0037498609     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-002-0280-1     Document Type: Article

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