Advances in biomarkers for paediatric rheumatic diseases

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 265-275

  Consolaro, Alessandro ^a   Varnier, Giulia C ^a   Martini, Alberto ^b   Ravelli, Angelo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2 INTEGRIN; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALGRANULIN A; CALGRANULIN B; CD163 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CERULOPLASMIN; FOLLISTATIN LIKE PROTEIN 1; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEPCIDIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; METHOTREXATE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; MRP 6; MYOSITIS ASSOCIATED AUTOANTIBODY; MYOSITIS SPECIFIC AUTOANTIBODY; NEUTROPHIL GELATINASE ASSOCIATED LIPOCALIN; PROTEIN S 100; PROTEIN S 100 A8; PROTEIN S 100 A9; RANTES; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; STROMELYSIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ALBUMINURIA; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GENETIC SCREENING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JUVENILE DERMATOMYOSITIS; JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHIES; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION SYNDROME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOSITIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEOMICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELAPSE; REMISSION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINALYSIS; URINE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMARKERS; CHILD; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 84929022987     PISSN: 17594790     EISSN: 17594804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2014.208     Document Type: Review

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