Conspicuous synovial lymphatic capillaries in juvenile idiopathic arthritis synovitis with rice bodies

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 328-329

  Rovenska, E ^a   Stvrtina, S ^b   Greguska, O ^a   Pravda, L ^a   Rovensky, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (Slovakia)

^b Comenius University ^*  (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INFLAMMATION; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVECTOMY; SYNOVIUM;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 13244261139     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.019984     Document Type: Article

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