Anti-RNA polymerase antibodies in Korean patients with systemic sclerosis and their association with clinical features [10]

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 731-732

  Kang, E H ^a   Lee, E B ^a   Kim, D J ^a   Im, C H ^a   Lee, H J ^a   Song, Yeong Wook ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ANTIBODY; RNA POLYMERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 24944444406     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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