Positiveness of purified protein derivatives in rheumatoid arthritis patients who are not receiving immunosuppressive therapy

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-57

  Sezer, Ilhan ^a   Kocabas, Hilal ^a   Melikoglu, Meltem Alkan ^a   Arman, Mehmet ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biological agents; Immunosuppressive therapy; Purified protein derivatives; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 57049106244     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-0982-1     Document Type: Article

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