Low levels of anti-histone antibodies in north Indian children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 118, Issue NOV., 2003, Pages 204-207

  Wakhlu, A ^a   Gupta, D ^a   Aggarwal, Amita ^a   Misra, Ramnath ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antihistone antibodies; Antinuclear antibodies; Autoantibodies; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; HISTONE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INDIA; INDIAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; SLIT LAMP; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; UVEITIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HISTONES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE;

EID: 0346025751     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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