Quantitative analysis of immunohistologic features of very early rheumatoid synovitis in disease modifying antirheumatic drug- and corticosteroid- naïve patients

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1281-1285

  Singh, Jasvinder A ^a   Pando, Jose A ^b   Tomaszewski, John ^c   Schumacher, H Ralph ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Beebe Healthcare   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Quantitative immunohistochemistry; Rheumatoid arthritis; Very early synovitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; L26 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COUNT; CELL INFILTRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; JOINT BIOPSY; KNEE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNOVITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3042845121     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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