Neuroendocrine Immune Perturbations in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Causes, Consequences, or Confounders in the Disease Process?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2302-2305

  Masi, Alfonse T ^a   Aldag, Jean C ^a   Chatterton, Robert T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AROMATIZATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HORMONES; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0242693175     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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