Mast Cells in Osteoarthritic and Rheumatoid Arthritic Synovial Tissues of the Human Knee

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-39

  Pu, Jian ^a   Nishida, Keiichiro ^a   Inoue, Hajime ^a   Asahara, Hiroshi ^a   Ohtsuka, Aiji ^a   Murakami, Takuro ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydroarthrosis; Mast cell count; Osteoarthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovial membrane

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MAST CELL; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOLOGY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0031989377     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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