Is disk-related sciatica a TNFα-dependent inflammatory disease?;La lombosciatique est-elle une maladie inflammatoire dépendante du TNF-α?

Revue du Rhumatisme (Edition Francaise)

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 4-6

  Genevay, Stéphane ^a   Gabay, Cem ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disk Herniation; Inflammation; TNF

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR DISK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 12144255438     PISSN: 11698330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rhum.2004.06.011     Document Type: Editorial

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