Serum leptin levels in rheumatoid arthritis and relationship with disease activity

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1078-1083

  Gunaydin, Rezzan ^a   Kaya, Taciser ^a   Atay, Aysenur ^a   Olmez, Nese ^a   Hur, Aysel ^a   Koseoglu, Mehmet ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Disease activity; Leptin; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; GLUCOCORTICOID; LEPTIN; METHOTREXATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; JOINT SWELLING; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BODY MASS INDEX; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33750283745     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000240625.27772.79     Document Type: Article

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