Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in ankylosing spondylitis - A pilot study

Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 152, Issue 9-10, 2002, Pages 223-225

  Goldberger, C ^a   Dulak, J ^a   Duftner, C ^a   Weidinger, F ^a   Falkenbach, A ^a   Schirmer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Ankylosing spondylitis; BASMI score; Disease status; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; EDETIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PILOT STUDY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEROLOGY; STEROID THERAPY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOKINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0036263905     PISSN: 00435341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1563-258X.2002.01118.x     Document Type: Article

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