Is interleukin-18 useful for monitoring rheumatoid arthritis?

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 433-436

  Bokarewa, M ^a   Hultgren, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; GOLD SALT; INTERLEUKIN 18; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, IMMUNOLOGIC; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 30344432393     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740510026724     Document Type: Article

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