Chronic anemia and thrombocytosis as the initial presentation of Still's disease in an elderly patient

Gerontology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 289-292

  Vilá, Luis M ^a,b   Molina, María J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Anemia; Still's disease, adult onset; Thrombocytosis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADULT DISEASE; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LABORATORY TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ANEMIA; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; STILL'S DISEASE, ADULT-ONSET; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

EID: 34548086533     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000102949     Document Type: Article

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