Article
Phenotypic characteristics of bone marrow cells in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Sept 1994
Tomita T, Kashiwagi N, Shimaoka Y, Ikawa T, Tanabe M, Nakagawa S, Kawamura S, Denno K, Owaki H, Ochi T
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Our previous study showed the presence of abnormal myeloid lineage cells in the epiphyseal bone marrow adjacent to joints affected with severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Now, we investigated whether there were any changes of other marrow cell populations related to RA, and whether ther...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Bone Marrow
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- HLA-DR Antigens
- Humans
- Lymphocyte Count
- Lymphocyte Subsets
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
