Open AccessDo high sensitivity C-reactive protein and serum interleukin-6 levels correlate with disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosuspatients?
Author(s) -
Vinod Umare,
Anita Nadkarni,
Milind Nadkar,
A Rajadhyksha,
Prasad V Khadilkar,
Kanjaksha Ghosh,
Vandana Pradhan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.188550
Subject(s) - medicine , interleukin 6 , c reactive protein , systemic lupus erythematosus , systemic lupus , immunology , disease , systemic disease , interleukin , inflammation , cytokine
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an inflammatory autoimmune disease where an interplay between acute phase proteins and cytokines are involved in disease activation.