Hunting for the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis: Core-needle biopsy of inguinal lymph nodes as a new research tool

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1911-1912

  De Hair, MariaJ H ^a   Zijlstra, IJsbrand A J ^a   Boumans, Maria J H ^a   Van De Sande, Marleen G H ^a   Maas, Mario ^a   Gerlag, Danielle M ^a   Tak, Paul P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INGUINAL PAIN; LETTER; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SWELLING;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOPSY, LARGE-CORE NEEDLE; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPH NODES;

EID: 84867397364     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-201540     Document Type: Letter

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