Interferon-gamma levels in familial Mediterranean fever

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-40

  Köklü, Seyfettin ^a,d   Öztürk, Mehmet Akif ^b   Balci, Mustafa ^a   Yüksel, Osman ^a   Ertenli, Ihsan ^c   Kiraz, Sedat ^c  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Familial Mediterranean fever; Interferon gamma; Marenostrin gene; MEFV gene; Polymorphonuclear leukocyte

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLCHICINE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 12844287119     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2004.03.011     Document Type: Article

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