Serum melatonin levels in ankylosing spondilitis: Correlation with disease activity

Rheumatology International

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-63

  Senel, Kazim ^a   Baykal, Tuba ^a   Melikoglu, Meltem Alkan ^a   Erdal, Akin ^a   Karatay, Saliha ^a   Karakoc, Akar ^a   Ugur, Mahir ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondilitis; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALE; MELATONIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 78751582225     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-1223-x     Document Type: Article

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