Effect of Avemar® - A fermented wheat germ extract - On rheumatoid arthritis. Preliminary data

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 325-328

  Bálint, Geza ^a   Apáthy, Ágnes ^a   Gaál, Marianne ^a   Telekes, Andras ^b   Resetár, Ákos ^c   Blazsó, Gabor ^d   Falkay, G ^d   Szende, Bela ^e   Paksy, Andras ^e   Ehrenfeld, Michael ^f   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^f   Hidvégi, Mate ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY AND PHYSIOTHERAPY   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Hungary)

^c Biromedicina First Hungarian Corporation for Cancer Research and Oncology   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^e SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^f SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g University of Jewish Studies   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Avemar ; Fermented wheat germ extract; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

AVEMAR; CHLOROQUINE; CYCLOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLANT EXTRACT; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHEAT GERM EXTRACT;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL STIFFNESS; OPEN STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASTE DISORDER; WHEAT GERM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; JOINT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WHEAT;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JOINTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRITICUM;

EID: 33746586489     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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