title: [Relation of neopterin and beta 2 microglobulin to disease activity in chronic polyarthritis].
abstract: The correlations of the serum levels of neopterin and beta-2-microglobulin with the disease activity-measured by a clinical index-were investigated in 41 patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. Both parameters correlated significantly with the sum of the used disease activity index. There was a closer correlation between the serum levels of beta-2-microglobulin and the sum of the index and most of the particular parameters of the index than it was seen for the neopterin serum levels.
authors.affiliation: Institutsaussenstelle für klinische Rheumatologie und physikalische Medizin, Medizinischen Universitätsklinik Graz.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ulreich
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rainer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sedlmayr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leb
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001708:Biopterins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019798:Neopterin; D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin; D001708:Biopterins; D019798:Neopterin
vernacular_title: Beziehungen von Neopterin und Beta-2-Mikroglobulin zur Krankheitsaktivität der chronischen Polyarthritis.