The involvement of T regulatory lymphocytes in a cohort of lupus nephritis patients: a pilot study

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 677-683

  Afeltra, Antonella ^a   Gigante, Antonietta ^b   Margiotta, Domenico Paolo Emanuele ^a   Taffon, Chiara ^a   Cianci, Rosario ^b   Barbano, Biagio ^b   Liberatori, Marta ^b   Amoroso, Antonio ^b   Rossi Fanelli, Filippo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

FoxP3; Glomerulonephritis; Lupus nephritis; SLE; T reg lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PANNICULITIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANNICULITIS, LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; PILOT PROJECTS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84940724230     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-015-1212-x     Document Type: Article

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