Inverted ratio of m-fas/s-fas expression in early onset pauciarticular juvenile chronic arthritis

European Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 325-329

  Haas, Johannes Peter ^a,b   Frank, C ^a   Haefner, R ^c   Herrmann, M ^a   Spath H ^a   Ruder, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; FAS ANTIGEN; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGENETICS; JOINT; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD95; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; NEUTROPHILS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0032858885     PISSN: 09607420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2370.1999.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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