Nitric oxide production is increased in patients with rheumatoid arthritis but does not correlate with laboratory parameters of disease activity

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 336, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 83-87

  Choi, Jong Weon ^a  

^a Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Iron deficiency; Nitric oxide; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0142216198     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(03)00324-3     Document Type: Article

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