Interleukin-6 blockade improves autonomic dysfunction in rheumatoid arthritis

Acta Reumatologica Portuguesa

Volumn 2015, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 85-88

  Syngle, Ashit ^a,b   Verma, Inderjeet ^c   Krishan, Pawan ^c  

^a Healing Touch City Clinic   (India)

^b Fortis Multispeciality Hospital   (India)

^c PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Autonomic dysfunction; Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tocilizumab

Indexed keywords

IL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN 6; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TOCILIZUMAB;

ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84930147843     PISSN: 0303464X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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