Plasma and peripheral leukocyte β-N-acetylhexosaminidase isoenzymes and disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 483-488

  Casal, J Antonio ^a   Mera, Antonio ^a   Pérez, Luis F ^a   Carlos Tutor, J ^a  

^a Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

N acetylhexosaminidase; Disease activity; HAQ; Modified Sharp index; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BETA-N-ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036754175     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9120(02)00339-9     Document Type: Article

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