Felty's syndrome

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 631-645

  Balint, Geza P ^a   Balint, Peter V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY AND PHYSIOTHERAPY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Biological treatments; Felty's syndrome; G CSF; Granulocytopenia; Infection; Large granular lymphocytes; Leukopenia; Neutropenia; Rheumatoid arthritis; Splenomegaly; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CD57 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; ETANERCEPT; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HISTONE ANTIBODY; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB')2 FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 10; LEFLUNOMIDE; LITHIUM SALT; METHOTREXATE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLAMINE; PREDNISONE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TESTOSTERONE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHRALGIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; FELTY SYNDROME; GRANULOPOIESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; JOINT DESTRUCTION; LARGE GRANULAR LYMPHOCYTE; MALAISE; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REMISSION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS;

EID: 9344245167     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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