Age-related changes and sex differences in chondroitin sulfate isomers and hyaluronic acid in normal synovial fluid

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 470-475

  Uesaka, Shinji ^a   Miyazaki, Kyosuke ^b   Ito, Hiromoto ^c  

^a Kitamurayama Public Hospital   (Japan)

^b SEIKAGAKU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age related change; Chondroitin sulfate (CS); Hyaluronic acid; Sex difference; Synovial fluid

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN 4 SULFATE; CHONDROITIN 6 SULFATE; HYALURONIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNOVIAL FLUID; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 11144253685     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-004-0351-0     Document Type: Article

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