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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-08-01
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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 |