## Objective: To investigate the regulation of expression of the angiogenic cytokine vascular endothelial growth factor (vegf) in rheumatoid arthritis (ra), in order to determine whether new blood vessel formation could be a potential therapeutic target in ra. ## Methods: Dissociated ra synovial
Effect of electro-acupuncture on tumor necrosis factor-α and vascular endothelial growth factor in peripheral blood and joint synovia of patients with rheumatoid arthritis
✍ Scribed by Ba-si Ouyang; Jie Gao; Jian-li Che; Yin Zhang; Jun Li; Hai-zhou Yang; Tian-yan Hu; Man Yang; Yuan-jian Wu; Ling-ling Ji
- Book ID
- 107437576
- Publisher
- Chinese Association of Traditional and Western Medicine
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 383 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1672-0415
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