Microalbuminuria: A marker of severe disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis

Indian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 112-116

  Verma, Monica ^a   Shanker, Vijay ^a   Singh, Harpreet ^a   Soni, Abhishek ^a   Madaan, Himanshu ^a   Singh, Jagjeet ^a  

^a PT B D SHARMA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; UREA;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; MORNING STIFFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; TURBIDIMETRY; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84992236546     PISSN: 09733698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injr.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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