Serum melatonin in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: Correlation with disease activity

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1471-1476

  El Awady, Hanaa Mahmoud ^a   El Dien El Wakkad, Amany Salah ^b   Saleh, Maysa Tawheed ^b   Muhammad, Saadia Ibraheem ^b   Ghaniema, Eiman Mahmoud ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Disease activity; Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247247191     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.1471.1476     Document Type: Article

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