High serum levels of M-CSF and G-CSF in Kawasaki disease

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 613-615

  Igarashi, Hiroshi ^a   Hatake, Kiyohiko ^a   Tomizuka, Hiroshi ^a   Yamada, Muneo ^b   Gunji, Yuji ^a   Momoi, Mariko Y ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Biochemical Research Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granulocyte colony stimulating factor; Interleukin 6; Kawasaki disease; Macrophage colony stimulating factor; Thrombopoietin

Indexed keywords

COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; MONOKINE; THROMBOPOIETIN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANT; MALE; MONOCYTE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERLEUKIN-6; MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; THROMBOPOIETIN;

EID: 0033066616     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01381.x     Document Type: Article

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