Morning melatonin serum values do not correlate with disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis: A cross-sectional study

Rheumatology International

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1145-1151

  Afkhamizadeh, Mozhgan ^a   Sahebari, Maryam ^b   Seyyed Hoseini, Seyyed Reza ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

DAS; DAS28ESR; Disease activity score; Melatonin; Pineal gland; RA; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; MELATONIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEASON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84904857969     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-013-2930-x     Document Type: Article

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