Bilirubin levels in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: Increased or decreased?

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2423-2430

  Yang, Zaixing ^a   Liang, Yan ^a   Li, Chang ^a   Xi, Weiqiang ^a   Zhong, Renqian ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Albumin; Bilirubin; C reactive protein; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; GLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; AUTOANTIBODIES; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SERUM GLOBULINS; UP-REGULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866255221     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-011-1977-9     Document Type: Article

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