Quantitative histochemical study of hyaluronic acid binding protein and the activity of uridine diphosphoglucose dehydrogenase in the synovium of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-80

  Uzuki, Miwa ^a   Watanabe, Tomoyuki ^b   Katsura, Yasunori ^b   Sawai, Takashi ^b  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arthritis, rheumatoid; Hyaluronic acid; Synovium; Uridine diphosphoglucose dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIUM;

ANTIGENS, CD44; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFLAMMATION; MALE; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 0032979506     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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