Elevated serum concentrations of the chemokine RANTES in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 263-268

  Pulsatelli, L ^a   Meliconi, R ^b   Boiardi, L ^c   Macchioni, P ^b   Salvarani, C ^a   Facchini, A ^a  

^a Istituto Codivilla Putti   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Divisione di Medicina Interna I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid treatment; Polymyalgia rheumatica; RANTES

Indexed keywords

MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MELANOMA GROWTH STIMULATORY ACTIVITY FACTOR; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PREDNISONE; RANTES;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; CHEMOKINE CCL2; CHEMOKINES, CXC; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; FEMALE; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; RANTES;

EID: 0031972205     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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