Sequential synovial fluid sampling suggests plasma and synovial fluid IL-6 vary independently in rheumatoid arthritis [2]

Rheumatology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 229-230

  Perry, Mark G ^b   Richards, L ^a   Harbuz, M S ^a   Jessop, D S ^a   Kirwan, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; INTERLEUKIN 6; PREDNISOLONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANNULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNOVIAL FLUID LEVEL;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MIDDLE AGED; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 31544437750     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kei196     Document Type: Letter

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