Raised serum interleukin 15 levels in Kawasaki disease

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 264-266

  Jang, G C ^a   Kim, H Y ^a,b   Ahn, S Y ^a   Kim, D S ^a,b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-15; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0037370940     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.62.3.264     Document Type: Article

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