Is There a Role for Diet in the Therapy of Rheumatoid Arthritis?

Current Rheumatology Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Tedeschi, Sara K ^a   Costenbader, Karen H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Mediterranean diet; Omega 3; Rheumatoid arthritis; Treatment; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CRYOPYRIN; CYTOKINE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSANOID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; INFLAMMASOME; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; VITAMIN D;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIET; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOWN REGULATION; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MICROBIOME; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84962467991     PISSN: 15233774     EISSN: 15346307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11926-016-0575-y     Document Type: Review

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