Arthritis instantaneously causes collagen type I and type II degradation in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: A longitudinal analysis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-44

  Landewé, Robert B M ^a   Geusens, P ^a   Van Der Heijde, D M F M ^a   Boers, M ^b   Van Der Linden, S J ^a   Garnero, P ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; URINALYSIS; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE II; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 29144481574     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.035196     Document Type: Article

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