Serum leptin is not a diagnostic marker for familial Mediterranean fever attacks

Mediators of Inflammation

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Toy, Bülent ^a   Tarçin, Orhan ^b,c   Baǧci, Sait ^a   Üstündaǧ, Yücel ^d   Inal, Ali ^a   Tiftikçi, Arzu ^e  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Gumussuyu Military Hospital   (Turkey)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEPTIN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE;

EID: 33645552700     PISSN: 09629351     EISSN: 14661861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/MI/2006/62868     Document Type: Article

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