Analysis of the heel pad fat in rheumatoid arthritis

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 481-484

  Resnick, Ronald B ^a,b   Hudgins, Lisa C ^c   Buschmann, William R ^d   Kummer, Frederick J ^a   Jahss, Melvin H ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b Foot and Ankle Orthopaedic Specialist   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HEEL; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0032766278     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110079902000803     Document Type: Article

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