Increased nitric oxide levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 230-236

  Ueki, Yukitaka ^a,b   Miyake, Seibei ^a   Tominaga, Yuko ^b   Eguchi, Katsumi ^c  

^a Department of Intentai Medicine ^*

^b SASEBO CHUO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Nitric oxide; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CYTOKINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0029936401     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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