Tumor markers in familial Mediterranean fever and their correlation with the frequency of attacks

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4 SUPPL. 50, 2008, Pages

  Balaban, Yasemin H ^a   Simsek, Halis ^a   Yilmaz, Rahmi ^a   Sarer Yurekli, Banu P ^b   Shorbagi, Ali ^a   Tatar, Gonca ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute phase reactants; CA 72.4; Familial Mediterranean fever; Tumor markers

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CA 15-3 ANTIGEN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CA 72-4 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; COLCHICINE; FIBRINOGEN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 55049088832     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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