Prevalence of subclinical amyloidosis in Tunisian patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 254-259

  Younes, Mohamed ^a   Korbaa, Wided ^a   Moussa, Adnène ^a   Zrour, Saoussen ^a   Bejia, Ismail ^a   Touzi, Mongi ^a   Zakhama, Abdelfatteh ^a   Bergaoui, Naceur ^a  

^a FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat aspiration biopsy; Minor salivary gland biopsy; Rheumatoid arthritis; Secondary amyloidosis; Subclinical amyloidosis; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CONGO RED; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; METHOTREXATE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL FAT ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROTEINURIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SALIVARY GLAND BIOPSY; SCREENING TEST; TUNISIA;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALIVARY GLANDS, MINOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUNISIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349097354     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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