Intraarticular variability of synovial membrane histology, immunohistology, and cytokine mRNA expression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 777-784

  Kirkham, Bruce ^a   Portek, Ian ^b   Lee, C Soon ^b   Stavros, Bill ^b   Lenarczyk, Aleksandra ^b   Lassere, Marissa ^b   Edmonds, John ^b  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biopsy; Cytokines; Histology; Immunohistology; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Synovium

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID LEVEL; SYNOVIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BUPIVACAINE; CYTOKINES; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; KNEE JOINT; MACROPHAGES; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0032936981     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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