Invasive properties of fibroblast-like synoviocytes: correlation with growth characteristics and expression of MMP-1, MMP-3, and MMP-10.

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Published in Ann Rheum Dis on November 01, 2002

Authors

T C A Tolboom1, E Pieterman, W H van der Laan, R E M Toes, A L Huidekoper, R G H H Nelissen, F C Breedveld, T W J Huizinga

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands.

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