Serum chitotriosidase activity and Wegener's granulomatosis

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 512-514

  Koening, Curry L ^a   Gota, Carmen E ^a   Langford, Carol A ^a   Hoffman, Gary S ^a   Natowicz, Marvin R ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological marker; Chitotriosidase; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHITOTRIOSIDASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STANDARDIZATION; UPREGULATION; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEXOSAMINIDASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77049083376     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2009.11.015     Document Type: Article

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