The effects of Enterococcus faecium and selenium on methotrexate treatment in rat adjuvant-induced arthritis

Clinical and Developmental Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 267-273

  Rovenský, Jozef ^a,d   Švík, Karol ^a   Maťha, Vladimír ^a   Ištok, Richard ^a   Ebringer, Ladislav ^b   Ferenčík, Miroslav ^c   Stančíková, Mária ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (Slovakia)

^b Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^c Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^d NONE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Adjuvant arthritis; Enterococcus faecium; Methotrexate; Selenium

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; NITRATE; NITRITE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SERUM ALBUMIN; SODIUM SELENITE;

ADJUVANT ARTHRITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTHROGRAPHY; BONE DENSITY; BONE EROSION; BONE MINERAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; INFLAMMATION; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; BONE DENSITY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; MALE; METHOTREXATE; NITRATES; NITRITES; PROBIOTICS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SELENIUM; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 7044260874     PISSN: 17402522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17402520400001660     Document Type: Conference Paper

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