Serum ghrelin in female patients with rheumatoid arthritis during treatment with infliximab

Rheumatology International

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1611-1613

  Magiera, Michal ^a   Kopec Medrek, Magdalena ^a   Widuchowska, Małgorzata ^a   Kotulska, Anna ^a   Dziewit, Tomasz ^a   Ziaja, Damian ^a   Kucharz, Eugene J ^a   Logiewa Bazger, Beata ^a   Mazur, Wlodzimierz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ghrelin; Infliximab; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; GHRELIN; HUMANS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84878727519     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-011-2262-7     Document Type: Article

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