Serum C-reactive protein is rarely lost into urine in patients with secondary amyloidosis and proteinuria

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 234-235

  Laiho, K ^a   Tiitinen, S ^a   Teppo, A M ^b   Kauppi, M ^a   Kaarela, K ^a  

^a RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; C reactive protein; Juvenile chronic arthritis; Proteinuria; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINURIA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0031870186     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01451054     Document Type: Article

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