Tumor markers are elevated in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and do not indicate presence of cancer

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-182

  Bergamaschi, Samuel ^a   Morato, Edelton ^a   Bazzo, Maria ^a   Neves, Fabricio ^a   Fialho, Sonia ^a   Castro, Glaucio ^a   Zimmermann, Adriana ^a   Pereira, Ivanio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Neoplasm; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tumor markers

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CA 15-3 ANTIGEN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEOPLASM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CA-19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84859268973     PISSN: 17561841     EISSN: 1756185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-185X.2011.01671.x     Document Type: Article

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