'The eyes see what the mind knows.' Adult-onset Still's disease, a case series and review in a south Asian population

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Ishaq, Muhammad ^a   Nazir, Lubna ^a   Riaz, Amir ^b   Alam, Syed M ^b   Shaikh, Muhammad I ^a  

^a JINNAH MEDICAL AND DENTAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Adult onset stills disease; Arthritis; Fever of unknown origin; Hyperferritinemia; Juvenile onset Stills disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LIVER ENZYME; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT ONSET STILL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH ASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FEVER; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PHARYNGITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STILL'S DISEASE, ADULT-ONSET; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867905605     PISSN: 17561841     EISSN: 1756185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-185X.2012.01812.x     Document Type: Article

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