Liver Function Tests in Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Liver function tests in rheumatoid arthritis.
Interest in liver function in rheumatoid arthritis has arisen from investigations into the aetiology of the disease and from the observation that an attack of jaundice may induce a remission (Hench, 1940). Laboratory studies have, however, given conflicting results. Impaired glucose tolerance was found by Pemberton and Foster (1920) and by Andrews and Muether (1941) and Flynn and Irish (1946). ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1956
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.9.2.153