Cytokine profile of Armenian patients with Familial Mediterranean fever

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 920-922

  Manukyan, G P ^a   Ghazaryan, K A ^a   Ktsoyan, Zh A ^a   Tatyan, M V ^a   Khachatryan, Z A ^a   Hakobyan, G S ^b   Mkrtchyan, V A ^c   Kelly, D ^d   Coutts, A ^d   Aminov, R I ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Armenia)

^b AREV St   (Armenia)

^c Institute of Cardiology   (Armenia)

^d ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CBA; Cytokines; ELISA; Familial Mediterranean fever; Sera

Indexed keywords

ACEBUTOLOL; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARMENIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REMISSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ARMENIA; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINES; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKINS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; REFERENCE VALUES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 44949098071     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2008.03.017     Document Type: Article

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