Correlation of serum measures of nitric oxide production with lupus disease activity

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 318-324

  Gilkeson, Gary ^a   Cannon, Chad ^b   Oates, James ^b   Reilly, Chris ^b   Goldman, Dan ^b   Petri, Michelle ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Disease Activity; Glomerulonephritis; Lupus; Nitric Oxide

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; DNA ANTIBODY; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; TYROSINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; COMPLEMENT C3; COMPLEMENT C4; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TYROSINE;

EID: 0032925391     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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