Rapid improvement in rheumatoid arthritis patients on combination of methotrexate and infliximab: Clinical and magnetic resonance imaging evaluation

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 941-946

  Tam, Lai Shan ^a   Griffith, James F ^a   Yu, Alfred B ^a   Li, Tena K ^a   Li, Edmund K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Infliximab; MRI; Perfusion enhancement slope; Rheumatoid arthritis; Volume of active synovitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 34250706942     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0372-5     Document Type: Article

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