Increased Serum Levels of Soluble CD44-Isoform v5 in Rheumatic Diseases are Restricted to Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis

Acta Medica Austriaca

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-25

  Haberhauer, G ^a   Kittl, E M ^b   Skoumal, M ^a   Hubl W ^a   Wagner, E ^a   Bayer, P M ^a   Bauer, K ^b   Dunky, A ^a  

^a WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b DANUBE HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Rheumatoid arthritis; sCD44v5

Indexed keywords

HERMES ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD44; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

EID: 0030623516     PISSN: 03038173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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