Juvenile idiopathic polyarthritis in monozygotic twins with congenital C4 deficiency [2];Polyarthrite idiopathique juvénile chez des jumeaux monozygotes associée à un déficit congénital partiel en C4

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 604-606

  Lescaut, W ^a,b   Brocq, O ^a   Albert, C ^a   Plubel, Y ^a   Flory, P ^a   Euller Ziegler, L ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^b CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Congenital C4 deficiency; D ficit cong nital C4; Jumeaux monozygotes; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; Monozygotic twins; Polyarthrite chronique juv nile

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE;

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; COMPLEMENT C4; HUMANS; MALE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 3242772947     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2004.04.015     Document Type: Letter

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