Autoantibodies to bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein and cathepsin G in systemic sclerosis [8]

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1468-1469

  Grypiotis, Panagiotis ^a   Cozzi, Franco ^a   Ruffatti, Amelia ^b  

^a Department of Rheumatology ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BACTERICIDAL PERMEABILITY INCREASING PROTEIN; CATHEPSIN G; ELASTASE; LACTOFERRIN; LYSOZYME; MYELOBLASTIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOOD PROTEINS; CATHEPSINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 3042733571     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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