An examination of individual differences in the relationship between interpersonal stress and disease activity among women with rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 271-279

  Zautra, Alex J ^a   Hoffman, Jeanne M ^a   Matt, Kathleen S ^a   Yocum, David ^b   Potter, Phillip T ^a   Castro, William Lesley ^a   Roth, Sanford ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c ArthroCare   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease activity; Immune markers; Stress

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; MARKER; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPOUSE; STRESS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 84988273605     PISSN: 0004-3591     EISSN: 1529-0131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1790110408     Document Type: Article

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