## Abstract ## Objective To investigate whether circulating levels of soluble tumor necrosis factor receptors (sTNFR) are predictive of mortality in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). ## Methods Levels of sTNFRI and sTNFRII at study entry were quantified using enzymeβlinked immunosorbent assays in sera
Predicting mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
β Scribed by Frederick Wolfe; Kaleb Michaud; Olaf Gefeller; Hyon K. Choi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 136 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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