Refractory sarcoid arthritis in world trade center-exposed New York City firefighters: A case series

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 19-23

  Loupasakis, Konstantinos ^a   Berman, Jessica ^a   Jaber, Nadia ^c   Zeig Owens, Rachel ^b,c   Webber, Mayris P ^c,d   Glaser, Michelle S ^b,c   Moir, William ^b,c   Qayyum, Basit ^e   Weiden, Michael D ^c,e   Nolan, Anna ^c,e   Aldrich, Thomas K ^d   Kelly, Kerry J ^c   Prezant, David J ^c,d  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Bureau of Health Services   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental factors; firefighters; polyarthritis; sarcoidosis; World Trade Center

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ETANERCEPT; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SARCOID ARTHRITIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ALGORITHM; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG RESISTANCE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; NEW YORK; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERRORISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FIREFIGHTERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84920711963     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: 15367355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000000185     Document Type: Article

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