Quantitative measurement of cytokine expression in synoviocytes derived from rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease characterised by pain, swelling and progressive destruction of synovial joints. The synovial membranes of the affected joints markedly increase in size due to infiltration of several cell types, of which macrophages, lymphocytes and fibrobl...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2009
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