Cartilage macromolecules in knee joint synovial fluid. Markers of the disease course in patients with acute oligoarthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 751-753

  Lindqvist, Elisabet ^a   Saxne, Tore ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0031430913     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.56.12.751     Document Type: Article

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