Influence of gender on treatment response in a cohort of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis in the area 2 of Madrid;Influencia del género en la respuesta al tratamiento en una cohorte de pacientes con artritis reumatoide precoz del área 2 de la Comunidad de Madrid

Reumatologia Clinica

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 134-140

  Castrejón Fernández, Isabel ^a   Martínez López, Juan A ^b   Ortiz García, Ana M ^a   Carmona Ortells, Loreto ^b   García Vicuña, Rosario ^b   González Álvaro, Isidoro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^b UNIDAD DE INVESTIGACIÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

CRP; DAS28; Disease Activity Indices; ESR; Gender; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE REGISTRY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPAIN; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 77950916897     PISSN: 1699258X     EISSN: 18851398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reuma.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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