Procalcitonin in takayasu arteritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1564-1565

  Tombetti, Enrico ^a   Di Chio, Maria Chiara ^a   Sartorelli, Silvia ^a   Segalini, Andrea ^a   Vella, Yole ^a   Spalluto, Matteo ^a   Sabbadini, Maria Grazia ^a   Baldissera, Elena ^a   Manfredi, Angelo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE; PROCALCITONIN; TOCILIZUMAB; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR; CALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; ADULT; BLOOD; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS;

EID: 84903713720     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.131340     Document Type: Letter

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