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Whole body elemental composition during drug treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: a preliminary study.
Whole body elemental composition during drug treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: a preliminary study.
- Source :
- Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases; Apr1979, Vol. 38 Issue 2, p137-140, 4p, 3 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 1979
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Abstract
- Thirty-two female patients with rheumatoid arthritis were divided into 3 groups and treated for 6 months with prednisolone, depot tetracosactrin, or indomethacin. Their whole body content of calcium, phosphorus, and nitrogen was measured before and after 3 and 6 months' treatment by in-vivo neutron activation analysis. No significant changes in these body elements were observed as a result of the treatments. The average amounts of calcium, phosphorus, and nitrogen were lower than normal in these patients, a finding consistent with the frequent observation of osteoporosis and muscle wasting in rheumatoid arthritis. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00034967
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 66279056
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.38.2.137