Evidence for activation of the alternate complement pathway in patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 189-192

  Aggarwal, A ^a   Bhardwaj, A ^a   Alam, S ^a   Misra, R ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Immune complexes; Juvenile chronic arthritis; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBIDIMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT C3; COMPLEMENT C4; COMPLEMENT C4B; COMPLEMENT C5; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, ALTERNATIVE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 0034052961     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/39.2.189     Document Type: Article

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