Increased serum IL-33 levels may indicate vascular involvement in systemic sclerosis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 144-145

  Terras, Sarah ^a   Opitz, Elisabeth ^a   Moritz, Rose K C ^a   Hoẍtermann, Stefan ^a   Gambichler, Thilo ^a   Kreuter, Alexander ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 33;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FINGER ULCER; HUMAN; LETTER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYNDROME DELINEATION; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84871062437     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-201553     Document Type: Letter

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