Rheumatoid factor in sera of Nigerian school children with unrinary schistosomiasis

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Arinola, O.G	-
dc.contributor.author	Salimonu, L.S	-
dc.date.accessioned	2024-07-18T08:44:08Z	-
dc.date.available	2024-07-18T08:44:08Z	-
dc.date.issued	2000	-
dc.identifier.citation	Afr. J Med med Sci (2000) 29, 329 - 330	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1116-4077	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://adhlui.com.ui.edu.ng/jspui/handle/123456789/2194	-
dc.description	Article	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Rheumatoid factor (RF) has been demonstrated in the sera of subjects subjects with autoimmune diseases L hepatitis malaria, leishmaniasis, trypanosomiasis L5J, visceral larva migrans tuberculosis leprosy , syphilis and bacterial periodontitis . Literature concerning the presence of RF in USS subjects was not encountered. Moreso, in our previous study increased levels of IgM in Nigerian USS subjects could not be linked wit IgM-RF considering the rarity of autoimmune diseases in Africans and the young ages of USS subjects used for the study. The present study determined the prevalence of RF in the sera of Nigerian children with different severities of USS	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	College of Medicine	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	COLLEGE OF MEDICINE	en_US
dc.subject	Rheumatoid factor (RF)	en_US
dc.subject	hepatitis	en_US
dc.subject	tuberculosis	en_US
dc.subject	leprosy	en_US
dc.title	Rheumatoid factor in sera of Nigerian school children with unrinary schistosomiasis	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
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