Rheumatoid arthritis after Chikungunya fever: A prospective follow-up study of 21 cases

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1505-1506

  Bouquillard, E ^a   Combe, B ^b  

^a Rhumatologie ^*  (France)

^b LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; ETANERCEPT; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; BONE EROSION; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TOGAVIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 69949147523     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.097626     Document Type: Letter

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