Synovial biopsy in arthritis research: Five years of concerted European collaboration

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 506-510

  Bresnihan, Barry ^a   Tak, Paul Peter ^b   Emery, Paul ^c   Klareskog, Lars ^d   Breedveld, Ferdinand ^e  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPY; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EUROPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PANNUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STAFF TRAINING; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS; TISSUE SECTION;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 0033946622     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.59.7.506     Document Type: Review

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