Characteristics of patients with systemic inflammatory syndromes.

Demographic and clinical data are referred to the time of blood sample collection. If not otherwpone.0039484.g004.tifise specified, means±SEM are shown.
**number of patients with disease-related organ involvement. ENT  =  ear, nose, throat; PNS  =  peripheral nervous system.
¶number (%) of patients with active disease (as assessed by the Rheumatologist on the basis of symptoms, inflammatory markers and, when available for the specific disease, disease activity scores).