Prolactin and growth hormone responses to hypoglycemia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2418-2421

  Rovensky, Jozef ^a   Imrich, Richard ^b   Malis, Frantisek ^a   Zlnay, Martin ^a   Macho, Ladislav ^b   Koska, Juraj ^b   Vigas, Milan ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Growth hormone; Prolactin; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROLACTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MALE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROLACTIN; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 10044240632     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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