Comparison of serum nitric oxide levels in active juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with those of patients in remission

Rheumatology International

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 264-266

  Beri, Alpana ^a   Singh, Surjit ^a   Gupta, Anju ^a   Khullar, Madhu ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Activity; Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

CITRULLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFLAMMATION; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CHILD; CHLORAMBUCIL; CITRULLINE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; NAPROXEN; NITRIC OXIDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REMISSION INDUCTION; STEROIDS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 4644290562     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-003-0368-2     Document Type: Article

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