Ferritin subunits in sera and synovial fluids from patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2315-2318

  Ota, Toshiyuki ^a   Katsuki, Ichiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Department of Orthopedic Surgery   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Ferritin subunits; Glycosylated ferritin; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovial fluid

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; FERRITIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SEPHAROSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONCANAVALIN A; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN BINDING; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0031773406     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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