Citrate in synovial fluid and its relation to inflammation and crystal presence

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 502-505

  Van Linthoudt, Daniel ^a   Salani, Ignazio ^a   Zender, Robert ^a   Locatelli, Patrick ^a   Ott, Henri ^a   Schumacher Jr , H Ralph ^b  

^a Hopital de la Chaux de Fonds   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apatite; Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals; Citrate; Osteoarthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovial fluid

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; CITRIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ADULT; AGED; APATITES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHONDROCALCINOSIS; CITRIC ACID; CRYSTALLIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0029998842     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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