Endocrine end-points in rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 876, Issue , 1999, Pages 180-192

  Castagnetta, Luigi ^a,b,d   Cutolo, Maurizio ^c   Granata, Orazia M ^b   Di Falco, Marco ^a   Bellavia, Vincenzo ^b   Carruba, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Oncologico M Ascoli   (Italy)

^c Division of Rheumatology   (Italy)

^d Institute of Oncology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; STEROID;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BINDING SITE; CELL CULTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOREGULATION; MACROPHAGE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STEROID METABOLISM; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0345962904     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb07637.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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