Intestinal immune activation in juvenile idiopathic arthritis and connective tissue disease

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 386-389

  Kokkonen, J ^a   Arvonen, M ^a   Vahasalo P ^a   Karttunen, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENOSCOPY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; ENTHESITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; ILEUM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; COLONOSCOPY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; INFANT; INTESTINES; MALE;

EID: 35648990607     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740701394005     Document Type: Article

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