Hyperferritinemia: A possible marker for diagnosis of systemic lupus Erythematosus?

Life Science Journal

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL.3, 2013, Pages 335-337

  Abbasi, Mahnaz ^a   Sahebari, Maryam ^b   Amini, Azam ^c   Saghafi, Massoud ^b  

^a QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c BUSHEHR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Nervous system; Rheumatoid Arthritis; SLE Disease Activity Index; Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874857879     PISSN: 10978135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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