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Synovial Biopsy, Synovium, Synovial Fluid & Arthrocentesis

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References Related to Synovial Fluid and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

Kinloch A, Lundberg K, Wait R, et al. Synovial fluid is a site of citrullination of autoantigens in inflammatory arthritis. Arthritis & Rheumatism 58:2287-2295, 2008.

Li-Yu J, Clayburne GM, Sieck MS, et al. Calcium apatite crystals in synovial fluid rice bodies. Ann Rheum Dis 61:387-390, 2002.

Dorwart BB, Herbert J, Schumacher HR, Abdou NI: Cellular and humoral immune parameters of synovial fluid and blood in rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 2:363-372, 1976.

Traycoff RB, Pascual E, Schumacher HR: Mononuclear cells in human synovial fluid. Identification of lymphoblasts in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 19:743-748, 1976.

Berg E, Wainwright R, Barton B, Puchtler H & McDonald T. On the nature of rheumatoid rice bodies. An immunologic, histochemical, and electron microscope study. Arth & Rheum, 20:1343-49, 1977.

Cherian PV, Schumacher HR: Immunoelectromicroscopic characterization of intracellular inclusions in synovial fluid cells of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Ultrastructural Pathology 5:15-27, 1983.

Ford DK, Reid GD, Magge S, Schumacher HR: Synovial lymphocyte response to chlamydial stimulation associated with intrasynovial chlamydial antigen in a patient with "Rheumatoid Arthritis". Arthritis Rheum 31:914-917, 1988.

Hanumappa S, Schumacher HR: Synovial-fluid rice bodies: Identification, pathogenesis, and significance. Internal Medicine for the Specialist 10:45-58, 1989.

Bahremand M, Schumacher HR: Effect of medication on synovial fluid leukocyte differentials in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 34:1173-1176, 1991.

Galvez J, Sola J, Ortuno G et al. Microscopic rice bodies in rheumatoid synovial fluid sediments. J Rheumatol 19:1851-8, 1992.

Van Linthoudt D, Schumacher HR: Acute monosynovitis or oligoarthritis in patients with quiescent rheumatoid arthritis: Some possible causes. J Clin Rheumatol 1:46-53, 1995.

Li-Yu J, Clayburne GM, Sieck MS, Walker SE, Athreya BH, DeHoratius RJ, Schumacher HR: Calcium apatite crystals in synovial fluid rice bodies. Ann Rheum Dis 61:387-390, 2002.