Does plasma resistin level have a role in predicting inflammatory bowel disease activity?

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 126-127

  Abdel Kader, N A ^a   Ali El Din, F A ^a   Khatab, E A A ^b   ElAbd, N E ^b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; RESISTIN;

ADULT; AGE; BODY MASS; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESISTIN;

EID: 77957984408     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 02548860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12664-010-0008-1     Document Type: Letter

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