The mid-range of the adjusted level of ferritin can predict the chronic course in patients with adult onset Still's disease

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 156-162

  Lee, Sang Won ^a   Park, Yong Beom ^b   Song, Jung Soo ^a   Lee, Soo Kon ^b  

^a Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adult onset Still's disease; Disease progression; Ferritin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FERRITIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COURSE EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STILL'S DISEASE, ADULT-ONSET; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149526659     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.080537     Document Type: Article

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