An insight into rheumatology in Thailand

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-61

  Louthrenoo, Worawit ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CD20 ANTIBODY; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DIACEREIN; DICLOFENAC; GLUCOSAMINE SULFATE; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; INTERLEUKIN 6 ANTIBODY; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PIROXICAM; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FUNDING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GOUT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THAILAND; TUBERCULOSIS; EDUCATION; GENETICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

HUMANS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY; THAILAND;

EID: 84926367330     PISSN: 17594790     EISSN: 17594804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2014.142     Document Type: Review

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