Immunohistological assessment of the synovial tissue in small joints in rheumatoid arthritis: Validation of a minimally invasive ultrasound-guided synovial biopsy procedure

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Scirè, Carlo ^a   Epis, Oscar ^a   Codullo, Veronica ^a   Humby, Frances ^b   Morbini, Patrizia ^a   Manzo, Antonio ^b   Caporali, Roberto ^a   Pitzalis, Costantino ^b   Montecucco, Carlomaurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CYCLOSPORIN A; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGITAL IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND JOINT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; JOINT BIOPSY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE; VALIDATION PROCESS; BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 36448962702     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar2302     Document Type: Article

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