Increased Plasma and Joint Tissue Adrenomedullin Concentrations in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Compared to Those with Osteoarthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2553-2556

  Chosa, Etsuo ^a,b   Hamada, Hiroaki ^a   Kitamura, Kazuo ^b   Eto, Tanenao ^b   Tajima, Naoya ^a  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ^*  (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenomedullin; Joint fluid; Osteoarthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovium

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; INFLAMMATION; JOINT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIUM;

ADRENOMEDULLIN; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PEPTIDES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0348109371     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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