Serum L-ficolin levels in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 899-902

  Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a   Saito, Rie ^a   Asano, Tomoyuki ^a   Sato, Shuzo ^a   Iwadate, Haruyo ^a   Kobayashi, Hiroko ^a   Ohira, Hiromasa ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

L ficolin; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; FICOLIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LECTINS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84870330879     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-012-0616-y     Document Type: Article

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