Clinical Study
Rheumatoid Factor Positivity Is Associated with Increased Joint Destruction and Upregulation of Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 and Cathepsin K Gene Expression in the Peripheral Blood in Rheumatoid Arthritic Patients Treated with Methotrexate
Table 1
Correlation coefficients (Spearman’s) and their significance () are shown for the expression of the examined genes in relation to each other and the disease markers in a sample of RA patients ().
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