Lower extremity ulcers in rheumatoid arthritis: Features and response to immunosuppression

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 849-853

  Shanmugam, Victoria K ^a   DeMaria, David M ^a   Attinger, Christopher E ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti tumor necrosis factor ; Disease modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD); Leg ulcer; Rheumatoid arthritis; Vasculitis; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1 ANTIBODY; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; STEROID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULCER HEALING; VASCULITIS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN; ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOPSY; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79959604562     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-011-1710-9     Document Type: Article

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