The effects of age and sex on chondroitin sulfates in normal synovial fluid

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2105-2108

  Nakayama, Yoshihito ^a,c   Narita, Tetsuya ^a   Mori, Atsushi ^a   Uesaka, Shinji ^a   Miyazaki, Kyosuke ^b   Ito, Hiromoto ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b SEIKAGAKU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL MUSASHI KOSUGI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0036674029     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.10424     Document Type: Article

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