Anti-cholesterol antibody levels in hereditary angioedema

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1377-1383

  Varga, Lilian ^a   Bíró, Adrienn ^a   Széplaki, Gábor ^a   Tóth, Luca ^a   Horváth, Anna ^a   Füst, George ^a   Farkas, Henriette ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Anti cholesterol antibodies (ACHA); Atherosclerosis; Cholesterol; Hereditary angioedema; Humoral immune response

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CHOLESTEROL; COMPLEMENT; DANAZOL; LIPID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TITRIMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOEDEMA, HEREDITARY; ANTIBODIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; DANAZOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 38149078998     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2007.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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