Increased accumulation of advanced glycation endproducts in patients with Wegener's granulomatosis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 625-627

  De Leeuw, Karina ^a   Nienhuis, Hans ^a   Smit, Andries ^a   Stegeman, Coen ^a   Kallenberg, Cees ^a   Bijl, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT; ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT RECEPTOR;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; GLYCOSYLATION END PRODUCTS, ADVANCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUNICA INTIMA; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 77949460123     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.123851     Document Type: Letter

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