Altered Fatty Acid, Cholesterol and Na+/K+ ATPase Activity in Erythrocyte Membrane of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 401-403

  Masoom Yasinzai, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Eicosapentaenoic Acid; Erythrocyte Membrane; Na+ K ATPase; Rheumatoid Arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CHOLESTEROL; MEMBRANE LIPID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; REFERENCE VALUE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHOLESTEROL; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030150680     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-1996-5-618     Document Type: Article

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