Activated factor XII in rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 182-184

  McLaren, Margaret ^a   Alkaabi, J ^a   Connacher, M ^a   Belch, J ^a   Valenete, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Axis Shield Diagnostics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activated factor XII; Cardiovascular disease; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 12A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FACTOR XIIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036037588     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-002-0219-6     Document Type: Article

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