Serum leptin levels correlate with interleukin-6 levels and disease activity in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-106

  Park, M C ^a   Lee, S W ^a   Choi, S T ^a   Park, Y B ^a   Lee, S K ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ADULT; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEPTIN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 34247648780     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740600991760     Document Type: Article

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