Marked elevation of serum N-acetyl-β-D-hexosaminidase activity in rheumatoid rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-66

  Berenbaum, Francis ^a,b   Le Gars, L ^a   Toussirot, E ^c   Sanon, A ^d   Bories, C ^d   Kaplan, G ^a   Loiseau, P M ^d  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Chondrocyte; N acetyl D hexosaminidase; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BETA-N-ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RABBITS; REFERENCE VALUES; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0033974401     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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