Age- and sex-related patterns of serum interferon-α activity in lupus families

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2113-2119

  Niewold, Timothy B ^a   Adler, Jeremy E ^b   Glenn, Stuart B ^c   Lehman, Thomas J A ^b   Harley, John B ^c   Crow, Mary K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 47249111689     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23619     Document Type: Article

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