Quantitative measurement of serum hyaluronic acid molecular weight in rheumatoid arthritis patients and the role of hyaluronidase

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 313-319

  Sasaki, Yoshiko ^a,b   Uzuki, Miwa ^a   Nohmi, Kenji ^c   Kitagawa, Hironoshin ^c   Kamataki, Akihisa ^a   Komagamine, Masataka ^d   Murakami, Kenya ^a   Sawai, Takashi ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Rehabilitation   (Japan)

^c DENKA COMPANY LIMITED   (Japan)

^d Komagamine Orthopedic and Rheumatology Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hyaluronic acid (HA, hyaluronan); Hyaluronidase (HAase); Rheumatoid arthritis (RA); Serum HA molecular weight; Zymography

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID; HYALURONIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; HYALURONIDASE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ZYMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD44; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80054698706     PISSN: 17561841     EISSN: 1756185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-185X.2011.01683.x     Document Type: Article

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