Alcohol consumption protects against arthritis development in seropositive arthralgia patients

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1431-1432

  Van De Stadt, Lotte A ^a   Van Schaardenburg, Dirkjan ^a,b  

^a Jan Van Breemen Research Institute/Reade   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTHRALGIA; DISEASE MARKER; ETHNICITY; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85027937042     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-201418     Document Type: Letter

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