Bone density in rheumatoid arthritis

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 766-769

  Noorwali, Abdulsalam A ^a  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG USE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SAUDI ARABIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 3042858778     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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