Strong association between plasma thrombomodulin and pathergy test in Behçet disease

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 892-893

  Menashi, Suzanne ^a   Tribout, B ^b   Dosquet, C ^c   Le Toumelin, P ^d   Piette, J C ^e   Wechsler, B ^e   Boffa, M C ^e  

^a Université Paris 12 ^*  (France)

^b AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^d AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; HAPTOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 8; OROSOMUCOID; THROMBOMODULIN;

ADULT; BEHCET DISEASE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; PATHERGY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SKIN TEST;

BEHCET SYNDROME; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THROMBOMODULIN;

EID: 45149094310     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2007.075143     Document Type: Letter

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