Differential changes of corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) concentrations in plasma and synovial fluids of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 241-247

  Nishioka, Tatsuya ^a   Kurokawa, Hisayo ^a   Takao, Toshihiro ^a   Kumon, Yoshitaka ^a   Nishiya, Koji ^a   Hashimoto, Kozo ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH); Cytokine; Rheumatoid arthritis; Serum amyloid A protein; Synovial fluid

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID A PROTEIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0029982412     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.43.241     Document Type: Article

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