Comparative analysis of hexosaminidase and cathepsin D expression in synovial fluid of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and traumatized joints [3]

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 725-726

  Popko, Janusz ^a   Zalewska, A ^a   Golaszewska, Z ^a   Marciniak, J ^a   Sierakowski, S ^a   Worowski, K ^a   Zwierz, K ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; CATHEPSIN D; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROCENTESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EDEMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; KNEE INJURY; KNEE PAIN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BETA-N-ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; CATHEPSIN D; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 24944454319     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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