Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide tetrazolium reductase identifies microvasculature activation in muscle from adult patients with dermatomyositis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-99

  Charles Schoeman, Christina ^a   Verity, M Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Etiology; Histochemical reactions

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; TETRAZOLIUM REDUCTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROVASCULATURE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE BLOOD VESSEL; MYOPATHY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAINING;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; HUMANS; MICROVESSELS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NAD; NADH TETRAZOLIUM REDUCTASE;

EID: 84855389063     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.110739     Document Type: Article

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