Seropositive rheumatoid arthritis associated with Crohn's disease

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 363-365

  Georgiagis, Athanasios N ^a   Tzambouras, Nikolaos ^a   Ioachim, Elli ^b   Tsianos, Epameinon das V ^a   Agnantis, Niki ^b   Drosos, Alexandros A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Immunosuppressive drugs; Rheumatoid arthritis; Seropositive

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; GOLD; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLAMINE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038209742     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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