Structure of synovial lymphatic capillaries in rheumatoid arthritis and juvenile idiopathic arthritis

International Journal of Tissue Reactions

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-39

  Rovenska E ^a   Neumuller J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EDEMA; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERSTITIUM; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MONOCYTE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVECTOMY; SYNOVIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VENULE;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, LYMPHATIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0037821809     PISSN: 02500868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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