Do Changes in Clinical Improvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Immunosuppressive Drugs Reflect the Changes in acute Phase Proteins?

Jan K. Lacki; Wlodzimierz Sarnborski; Stefan Mackiewicz; Urszula Mackiewicz

doi:10.3109/03009739509178909

Do Changes in Clinical Improvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Immunosuppressive Drugs Reflect the Changes in acute Phase Proteins?

Jan K. Lacki
Wlodzimierz Sarnborski
Stefan Mackiewicz
Urszula Mackiewicz

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3109/03009739509178909

Abstract

We sought to investigate whether clinical improvement after immunosuppressive treatment reflects changes in acute phase response (APR) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Fifty-eight patients (pts) were treated with methotrexate (MTX), nineteen with intravenous cyclophosphamide (CTX), and fifteen with cyclosporin A (CSA). C-reactive protein (CRP), alpha-1 -acid glycoprotein (AGP), alpha-1 antichymotrypsin (ACT), and alpha-1 antitrypsin (AT) serum levels were measured by nephelometry or rocket irnmunoelectrophoresis.

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2010-01-18

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Lacki J. K., Sarnborski W., Mackiewicz S., & Mackiewicz U. (2010). Do Changes in Clinical Improvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Immunosuppressive Drugs Reflect the Changes in acute Phase Proteins?. Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, 100(3). https://doi.org/10.3109/03009739509178909

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Vol. 100 No. 3 (1995): Upsala J Med Sci

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