Interleukin-6 activity in paired samples of synovial fluid. Correlation of synovial fluid interleukin-6 levels with clinical and laboratory parameters of inflammation

Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 186-189

  Miltenburg, A M M ^b   Laar, J M Van ^a   Kuiper, R De ^a   Daha, M R ^a   Breedveld, F C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Interleukin 6; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovial fluid

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PH; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGE; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0025821869     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/30.3.186     Document Type: Article

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