Definition of adult-onset rheumatoid arthritis from elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis by studying T-lymphocyte subpopulations, their soluble receptors and soluble receptor of interleukin-2

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 303-306

  Coaccioli, Stefano ^a   Pinoca, F ^a   Giuliani, M ^a   Landucci, P ^a   Sabatini, C ^a   Puxeddu, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Interleukin 2; Lymphocytes; Rheumatoid arthritis; Soluble receptors; T subsets

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE PERCENTAGE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD57; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 34547644648     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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