Pentraxin 3 is more accurate than C-reactive protein for Takayasu arteritis activity assessment: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Xiaoting Wen; Ruihong Hou; Ke Xu; Yunxia Han; Junping Hu; Yan Zhang; Yazhen Su; Jinfang Gao; Gailian Zhang; Liyun Zhang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0245612

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Pentraxin 3 is more accurate than C-reactive protein for Takayasu arteritis activity assessment: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Xiaoting Wen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaoting Wen, Ruihong Hou, Ke Xu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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Ruihong Hou ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaoting Wen, Ruihong Hou, Ke Xu

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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Ke Xu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaoting Wen, Ruihong Hou, Ke Xu

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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Yunxia Han,

Roles Software

Affiliations Department of Rheumatology, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, Department of Rheumatology, Shanxi Bethune Hospital Affiliated to Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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Junping Hu,

Roles Software

Affiliations Department of Rheumatology, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, Department of Rheumatology, Shanxi Bethune Hospital Affiliated to Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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Yan Zhang,

Roles Software

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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Yazhen Su,

Roles Visualization

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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Jinfang Gao,

Roles Funding acquisition

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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Gailian Zhang,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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Liyun Zhang

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision

* E-mail: 1315710223@qq.com

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0814-4872

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Pentraxin 3 is more accurate than C-reactive protein for Takayasu arteritis activity assessment: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Xiaoting Wen,
Ruihong Hou,
Ke Xu,
Yunxia Han,
Junping Hu,
Yan Zhang,
Yazhen Su,
Jinfang Gao,
Gailian Zhang,
Liyun Zhang

Published: February 2, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245612

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