Rheumatoid arthritis in beta-thalassemic trait: Clinical, serologic and immunogenetic profile

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-120

  Caporali, Roberto ^a   Bugatti, Serena ^a   Rossi, Silvia ^a   Cavagna, Lorenzo ^a   Bogliolo, Laura ^a   Montecucco, Carlomaurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beta thalassemia; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

KERATIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SEROLOGY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 1642462211     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1297-319X(03)00069-1     Document Type: Article

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