The prevalence of autoantibodies in an elderly sub-Saharan African population

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 99-106

  Njemini, R ^a,b   Meyers, I ^a   Demanet, C ^a   Smitz, J ^a   Sosso, M ^b   Mets, T ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Africa; Autoantibodies; Elderly; Infection; Lifestyle; Sub Saharan

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; PARIETAL CELL ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID MICROSOME ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FILARIA; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOANTIBODIES; CAMEROON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0036181116     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2002.01713.x     Document Type: Article

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