Fatigue, rheumatoid arthritis, and anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy: An investigation in 24,831 patients

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2115-2120

  Wolfe, Frederick ^a,c   Michaud, Kaleb ^a   Pincus, Theodore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CENTER FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti tumor necrosis factor therapy; Fatigue; Osteoarthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP; TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 7544227525     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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