Correlations between change in disease activity and changes in peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets in patients with juvenile dermatomyositis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1830-1832

  Eisenstein, Daniel M ^a   O'Gorman, Maurice R G ^a   Pachman, Lauren M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease activity; Juvenile dermatomyositis; Lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, CD19; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 0030774919     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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