Elevated serum interferon-α activity in juvenile dermatomyositis: Associations with disease activity at diagnosis and after thirty-six months of therapy

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1815-1824

  Niewold, Timothy B ^a,c   Kariuki, Silvia N ^a   Morgan, Gabrielle A ^b   Shrestha, Sheela ^b   Pachman, Lauren M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MUSCLE ENZYME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DERMATOMYOSITIS; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ALLELES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CREATINE KINASE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE-BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 66449121844     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24555     Document Type: Article

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