Further evidence for insufficient hypothalamic-pituitary-glandular axes in polymyalgia rheumatica

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1219-1223

  Straub, Rainer H ^a   Cutolo, Maurizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOCHROME P450 2C11; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CORTICOSTEROID METABOLISM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; STANDARD; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANDROGENS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 33745797265     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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