Manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis in a patient with hereditary haemochromatosis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 939-941

  Wernicke, Dirk ^a   Seipelt, Eva ^a   Schmidt, Wolfgang A ^a   Gromnica Ihle, Erika ^a  

^a Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin Buch   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coincidence; Hereditary haemochromatosis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GENE MUTATION; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MORNING STIFFNESS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AZATHIOPRINE; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FINGER JOINT; HAND; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMY; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745501166     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-006-0113-8     Document Type: Article

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