Interleukin 12 in Takayasu's arteritis: Plasma concentrations and relationship with disease activity

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2361-2363

  Verma, Dileep K ^a   Tripathy, Naresh K ^b   Verma, Nar S ^a   Tiwari, Sunita ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

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

Author keywords

Disease activity; Interleukin 12; Takayasu's arteritis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 12;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-12; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS;

EID: 28844455906     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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