Rheumatoid cachexia: What is it and why is it important?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2074-

  Lemmey, Andrew B ^a   Jones, Jeremy ^a   Maddison, Peter J ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

BODY COMPOSITION; CACHEXIA; CATABOLISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISABILITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LETTER; LIPID STORAGE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID CACHEXIA; THERAPY EFFECT;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CACHEXIA; HUMANS;

EID: 80052312886     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.110308     Document Type: Letter

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