Levels of three chemokines predict lupus flare.(Across Specialties)
Publication: Skin & Allergy News
Publication Date: 01-FEB-08
Author: Walsh, Nancy
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BOSTON -- Elevated levels of three interferon-regulated chemokines that correlate with disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus might prove useful for the prediction of disease flares.
Findings from research sponsored by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the Lupus Research Institute "strongly suggest" that monitoring interferon-regulated chemokines in lupus will be useful as a clinical tool to aid physician decision making, according to one of the investigators.
"Valid biomarkers of disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus would have...
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