Frequency of anti-bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI) and anti-azurocidin in patients with renal disease

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 125-131

  Yang, J J ^a   Tuttle, R ^a   Falk, R J ^a   Jennette, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anti neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies; azurocidin; bactericidal permeability increasing protein; glomerulonephritis; vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AZUROCIDIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0030015947     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1996.d01-738.x     Document Type: Article

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