Comparable histological appearance of synovitis in seropositive and seronegative rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-17

  Fujinami, M ^a,b   Sato, K ^c   Kashiwazaki, S ^b   Aotsuka, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

agglutination test; IgM rheumatoid factor; plasma cell; Russell body; seronegative rheumatoid arthitis; synovitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 0030887228     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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