No correlation between prolactin levels and clinical activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 629-632

  Buskila, Dan ^a   Lorber, Margalit ^b   Neumann, Lily ^b   Flusser, Daniel ^b   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Bromocriptine; Disease activity; Hyperprolactinemia; Prolactin; SLE

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; BROMOCRIPTINE; PROLACTIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; DNA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROLACTIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS;

EID: 0029872798     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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