A report of 21 cases of rheumatoid arthritis following Chikungunya fever. A mean follow-up of two years

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 654-657

  Bouquillard, Éric ^a   Combe, Bernard ^b  

^a Service de rhumatologie   (France)

^b LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alphavirus; Chikungunya fever; Rheumatoid arthritis; Viral arthropathy

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; ETANERCEPT; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CHIKUNGUNYA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; POLYARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TOGAVIRUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; REUNION;

EID: 71249149413     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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