Imbalance of tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) and its specific inhibitor (PAI-1) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis associated with disease activity
β Scribed by L. T. Kopeikina; E. F. Kamper; V. Koutsoukos; Y. Bassiakos; I. Stavridis
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 812 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0770-3198
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