The influence of a partially HLA-matched blood transfusion on the disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-58

  Van Der Horst Bruinsma, I E ^a   Huizinga, T W J ^a   Lagaay, E M ^a   Hazes, J M W ^a   Breedveld, F C ^a   Schreuder, G M Th ^a   Tomson, T A S ^b   Zwinderman, A H ^a   Van Rood, J J ^a   De Vries, R R P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b 'Stichting Bloedbank Leidschenhage'   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; HLA match; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15644362645     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/38.1.53     Document Type: Article

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