Α2-fraction and haptoglobin as biomarkers for disease activity in oligo- and polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis

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• who: Ludwig Zeller from the caregivers gave informed consent prior to inclusion into the biobankThe following data was extracted from patient files: age at diagnosis of JIA, gender, age at performance of the test, JIA category, presence of antinuclear antibodies, total active joint count, and the c, as a composite marker for disease activity. The c, was chosen instead of , for its exclusion of ESR as a component parameter [8, ]. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany (Nr., ) and was performed in accordance with the Declaration of . . .
  

   

  

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