Adrenomedullin and total nitrite levels in children with familial Mediterranean fever

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 240-243

  Balat, Ayşe ^a   Işlek, Ismail ^b   Çekmen, Mustafa ^c   Yürekli, Muhittin ^d   Tekin, Deniz ^b   Muslu, Ali ^b   Şahinöz, Saime ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adrenomedullin; Familial Mediterranean fever; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; COLCHICINE; CREATININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOTHELIUM; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOMEDULLIN; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLCHICINE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; PEPTIDES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33646678221     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2006.00845.x     Document Type: Article

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