Elevation of serum IgG subclass concentration in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 837-840

  Lin, Guigao ^a,b   Li, Jinming ^a  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^b GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

IgG subclass; Immunonephelometric assay; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77951022377     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-1330-8     Document Type: Article

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