Comparison of serum IgE levels between female and male SLE patients, with reference to gender differences in the incidence of SLE [12]

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 384-385

  Sekigawa, I ^a   Yamada, M ^a   Iida, N ^a   Hashimoto, H ^b   Ogawa, H ^b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SHIZUOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; ESTROGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ATOPY; CHI SQUARE TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 2342642833     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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