Circulating soluble selectins in Kawasaki disease

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 446-450

  Takeshita, S ^a,b   Dobashi, H ^a   Nakatani, K ^a   Koike, Y ^a   Tsujimoto, H ^a   Hirayama, K ^a   Kawamura, Y ^a   Mori, K ^a   Sekine, I ^a   Yoshioka, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Henoch Schonlein purpura; Kawasaki disease; soluble selectin; vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; L SELECTIN; PADGEM PROTEIN; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 8244220340     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1997.3852128.x     Document Type: Article

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