Leukocyte infiltration in synovial tissue from the shoulder of patients with polymyalgia rheumatica. Quantitative analysis and influence of corticosteroid treatment.

R, Meliconi; L, Pulsatelli; M, Uguccioni; C, Salvarani; P, Macchioni; C, Melchiorri; MC, Focherini; L, Frizziero; A, Facchini

doi:10.1002/art.1780390719

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Leukocyte infiltration in synovial tissue from the shoulder of patients with polymyalgia rheumatica. Quantitative analysis and influence of corticosteroid treatment.

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Meliconi R

Pulsatelli L

Uguccioni M

Abstract

<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate the immunologic features of synovitis in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and to assess the modifications induced by corticosteroids.<h4>Methods</h4>Arthroscopic biopsies of shoulder synovium were obtained from 12 patients with untreated PMR and from 7 pati...

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