Destruction of articular cartilage by alpha2 macroglobulin elastase complexes: Role in rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-113

  Moore, Adrian R ^a   Appelboam, Andrew ^a   Kawabata, Kazuhito ^a   Da Silva, José A P ^a   D'Cruz, David ^a   Gowland, Gerald ^a   Willoughby, Derek A ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; ELASTASE;

ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0033006105     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.58.2.109     Document Type: Article

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