Psoriatic arthritis and Klinefelter syndrome: Case report

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 443-444

  Melillo, N ^a   Corrado, A ^a   Quarta, L ^a   D'Onofrio, F ^a   Cantatore, F P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromosomal abnormalities; Klinefelter syndrome; Psoriatic arthritis; Sexual hormones

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TECHNETIUM 99M; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENTHESOPATHY; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 47,XXY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REMISSION;

ANDROGENS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; HUMANS; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; SULFASALAZINE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33947640556     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-0153-6     Document Type: Article

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