Rheumatoid Nodule

Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 100-107

  García Patos, Vicente ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

accelerated rheumatoid nodulosis; eosinophilic palisading granuloma; pseudorheumatoid nodule; rheumatoid nodule; rheumatoid nodulosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFLIXIMAB; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLAMINE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ACCELERATED RHEUMATOID NODULOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NECROBIOSIS LIPOIDICA; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDORHEUMATOID NODULE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; RHEUMATOID NODULOSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; RHEUMATOID NODULE;

EID: 34249660518     PISSN: 10855629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sder.2007.02.007     Document Type: Review

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