Association of neopterin as a marker of immune system activation and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis activity

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate neopterin plasma concentrations in patients with active juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and correlate them with disease activity.METHODS: Sixty patients diagnosed as active JIA, as well as another 60 apparently healthy age- and gender-matched children as controls, were rec...

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Main Authors: Mones M. Abu Shady, Hanan A. Fathy, Alaa Ali, Eman R. Youness, Gihan A. Fathy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-08-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-75572015000400352&lng=en&tlng=en