Rheumatoid arthritis: A synovial disease?

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 727-730

  Fujii, Katsuyuki ^a   Tsuji, Michiko ^a   Tajima, Mitsuko ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; COLLAGEN ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE COMPLEX DEPOSITION; INFLAMMATION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MOUSE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVECTOMY; SYNOVIOCYTE; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 0032719198     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.58.12.727     Document Type: Article

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