CCL18 as an alternative marker in Gaucher and Niemann-Pick disease with chitotriosidase deficiency

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-40

  Chang, Kai Ling ^a   Hwu, Wuh Liang ^a   Yeh, Hui Ying ^a   Lee, Ni Chung ^a   Chien, Yin Hsiu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCL18 CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE; CHITOTRIOSIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHITOTRIOSIDASE DEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GAUCHER DISEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEMOKINES, CC; GAUCHER DISEASE; HEXOSAMINIDASES; HUMANS; NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE, TYPE A; NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE, TYPE B; SPLENECTOMY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72649102093     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2009.09.005     Document Type: Letter

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