Immunologic Markers as Potential Predictors of Systemic Autoimmune Disease in Patients with Idiopathic Scleritis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Lin, Phoebe ^a,c   Bhullar, Shaminder S ^a,b   Tessler, Howard H ^a   Goldstein, Debra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLERITIS; UNITED STATES; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 39049112024     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.09.024     Document Type: Article

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