Serum HMGB1 levels are increased in active Wegener's granulomatosis and differentiate between active forms of ANCA-associated vasculitis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1888-1889

  Wibisono, D ^a   Csernok, E ^a   Lamprecht, P ^a   Holle, J U ^a   Gross, W L ^a   Moosig, Frank ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; ANTI-NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY-ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRANULOMATOSIS WITH POLYANGIITIS;

ANTI-NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY-ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRANULOMATOSIS WITH POLYANGIITIS; HMGB1 PROTEIN; HUMANS;

EID: 77957286579     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.119172     Document Type: Letter

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