Sleep disturbances and interleukin 6 receptor inhibition in rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-62

  Fragiadaki, Kalliopi ^a   Tektonidou, Maria G ^a   Konsta, Maria ^a   Chrousos, George P ^a   Sfikakis, Petros P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Interleukin 6; Rheumatoid arthritis; Sleep Disturbances; Tocilizumab

Indexed keywords

TOCILIZUMAB;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP QUALITY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-6; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855381748     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.110617     Document Type: Article

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