Serum levels of soluble CD44 variant isoforms are elevated in rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 181-186

  Kittl, E M ^a   Haberhauer, G ^b   Ruckser, R ^b   Selleny, S ^b   Rech Weichselbraun, I ^c   Hinterberger, W ^b   Bauer, K ^a  

^a Institute of Laboratory Medicine   (Austria)

^b 2nd Department of Medicine   (Austria)

^c NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

CD44 isoforms; Elevated serum levels; Rhuematoid artritis

Indexed keywords

HERMES ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIGENS, CD44; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031030228     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01330293     Document Type: Article

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