Simultaneous macroamylasemia and macrolipasemia in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus in remission

Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1115-1118

  Goto, Hiroyuki ^a   Wakui, Hideki ^a   Komatsuda, Atsushi ^a   Imai, Hirokazu ^a   Miura, Akira B ^a   Fujita, Kiyotaka ^b  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunoglobulins; IgA1; IgA2

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN BINDING; REMISSION; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; AMYLASES; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIPASE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN BINDING; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 0034576379     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.1115     Document Type: Article

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