Clinical manifestations, disease course, and complications of adult-onset Still's disease in Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 844-852

  Chen, Der Yuan ^a,b   Lan, Joung Liang ^a,b,c   Hsieh, Tsu Yi ^b   Chen, Yi Hsing ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adult onset Still's disease; Disease progression; Ferritin; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; FERRITIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LIVER ENZYME; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT ONSET STILL DISEASE; ANKYLOSIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMOGRAPHISM; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERICARDITIS; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN BIOPSY; SORE THROAT; SPLENOMEGALY; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STILL'S DISEASE, ADULT-ONSET; TAIWAN;

EID: 12344268824     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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