Pathogenesis of adult-onset Still’s disease: new insights from the juvenile counterpart

Immunologic Research

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 53-62

  Jamilloux, Yvan ^a,b,c,d   Gerfaud Valentin, Mathieu ^a,b   Martinon, Fabio ^c   Belot, Alexandre ^b,e   Henry, Thomas ^b,d   Sève, Pascal ^a,b  

^a CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFECTIOLOGIE   (France)

^e HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Adult onset Still s disease; Autoinflammatory diseases; Ferritin; IL 18; IL 1 ; Reactive hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; Systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ADULT ONSET STILL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOINFLAMMATORY DISEASE; CHRONIC ARTHRITIS; GENETICS; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; IMMUNOREGULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS; AGE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; STILL'S DISEASE, ADULT-ONSET;

AGE FACTORS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; STILL'S DISEASE, ADULT-ONSET;

EID: 84925488840     PISSN: 0257277X     EISSN: 15590755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12026-014-8561-9     Document Type: Article

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