Increased serum leukotriene B4 level in the active stage of rheumatoid arthritis in children

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 205-207

  Gursel T ^a   Firat, S ^a   Ercan, Z S ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUKOTRIENE B4;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0030972410     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-3278(97)90535-4     Document Type: Article

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