Raised plasma adrenomedullin level in Behçet's disease patients

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-142

  Nanke, Yuki ^a   Kotake, Shigeru ^a   Ogasawara, Katsunori ^b   Shimakawa, Machiko ^a   Takasawa, Saeko ^b   Ujihara, Hiroshi ^b   Matsubara, Masao ^b   Miyanaga, Yoshitaka ^b   Kamatani, Naoyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenomedullin (AM); Beh t's disease (BD); Endothelin 1 (ET 1); Ocular attack

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLCHICINE; CYCLOSPORIN; ENDOTHELIN 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE MARKER; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0041671116     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/s10165-002-0213-6     Document Type: Article

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