Severity and Diurnal Improvement of Morning Stiffness Independently Associate with Tenosynovitis in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Yoshihisa Kobayashi,

  Affiliations Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan, Rheumatology Center, Matsudo City Hospital, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan, Department of Internal Medicine, Chiba Aoba Municipal Hospital, Chiba, Japan

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• Kei Ikeda ,

  * E-mail: K.Ikeda@faculty.chiba-u.jp

  Affiliation Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0574-9611

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• Takayuki Nakamura,

  Affiliations Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan, Research Center for Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Asahi General Hospital, Asahi, Chiba, Japan

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• Mieko Yamagata,

  Affiliations Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan, Department of Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Shimoshizu Hospital, Yotsukaido, Chiba, Japan

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• Takuya Nakazawa,

  Affiliations Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan, Department of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology, National Hospital Organization Chiba-East Hospital, Chiba, Japan

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• Shigeru Tanaka,

  Affiliation Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan

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• Shunsuke Furuta,

  Affiliation Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan

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• Takeshi Umibe,

  Affiliation Rheumatology Center, Matsudo City Hospital, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan

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• Hiroshi Nakajima

  Affiliation Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan

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