Aquaporins in primary Sjögren's syndrome: Comment on the articles by Steinfeld et al [8]

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1167-1168

  Waterman, Sally A ^a   Beroukas, Dimitra ^a   Hiscock, Jenny ^a   Jonsson, Roland ^b   Gordon, Tom P ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; INFLIXIMAB; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACINAR CELL; CELL FUNCTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALIVARY GLAND BIOPSY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORIN 5; AQUAPORINS; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; DOWN-REGULATION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SALIVARY GLANDS, MINOR; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0037389563     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.10843     Document Type: Letter

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