Synovial density of frizzled 5-positive cells does not differ between patients with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis and is independent of inflammation [3]

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1874-1876

  Weidler, Claudia ^a   Schaumburger, Jens ^a   Miller, Luitpold E ^a   Schölmerich, Jürgen ^a   Straub, Rainer H ^b  

^a Department of Internal Medicine I ^*

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRIZZLED 5 PROTEIN; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT1 PROTEIN;

BONE DENSITY; FIBROBLAST; HEALING; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIOCYTE; SYNOVIUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 4444266612     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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