Activity of N-acetyl-β hexosaminidase in serum and joint fluid of the knees of patients with juvenile idiopatic arthritis [4]

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 675-

  Popko, Janusz ^a   Zalewska, A ^a   Olszewski, S ^a   Gorska A ^a   Sierakowski, S ^a   Zwierz, K ^a   Urban, M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTHROCENTESIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LETTER; LYSOSOME; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; BETA-N-ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0141953139     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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