IL22 in Egyptian SLE patients, could it reflect disease activity, skin or renal involvement or is it only an expensive ESR?

Aim of the work: To analyze the level of interleukin 22 (IL-22) in sera of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients and to associate its level to disease activity, skin involvement and lupus nephritis. Patients and methods: The study included 70 SLE patients under treatment with disease-modifying...

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Main Authors: Iman Ibrahim El-Gazzar, Dina M. Rasheed Bahgat, Engy M. El Khateeb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Egyptian Rheumatologist
Subjects:
SLE
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110116416300242