Thrombin in synovial fluid as a marker of synovial inflammation: A definite measurement by ELISA and correlation with VEGF

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 398, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 159-160

  Kitamoto, Yasunori ^a   Nakamura, Eiichi ^b   Kudo, Satoshi ^b   Tokunaga, Hiroshi ^c   Murakami, Eiichi ^a   Noguchi, Kyoko ^a   Imamura, Takahisa ^b  

^a Sendai Shakaihoken Hospital   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Jikei Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; THROMBIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS; THROMBIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 54049146609     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2008.08.009     Document Type: Letter

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