Inflammatory lesions in the bone marrow of rheumatoid arthritis patients: A morphological perspective

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Bugatti, Serena ^a   Manzo, Antonio ^a   Caporali, Roberto ^a   Montecucco, Carlomaurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CXCL13 CHEMOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; RITUXIMAB; SECONDARY LYMPHOID TISSUE CHEMOKINE;

B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW DISEASE; BONE MARROW EDEMA; DNA MICROARRAY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; EDEMA; INFLAMMATION; JOINT; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOCLAST; PATHOLOGY; SYNOVIUM;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BONE MARROW; EDEMA; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; JOINTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOBLASTS; OSTEOCLASTS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 84871704718     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar4115     Document Type: Review

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