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Role of aggrecanase 1 in Lyme arthritis

  1. Aruna K. Behera1,
  2. Ethan Hildebrand1,
  3. Jon Szafranski2,
  4. Han-Hwa Hung2,
  5. Alan J. Grodzinsky2,
  6. Robert Lafyatis3,
  7. Alisa E. Koch4,
  8. Robert Kalish1,
  9. George Perides1,
  10. Allen C. Steere5,
  11. Linden T. Hu1,*

Article first published online: 28 SEP 2006

DOI: 10.1002/art.22128

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Arthritis & Rheumatism

Arthritis & Rheumatism

Volume 54, Issue 10, pages 3319–3329, October 2006

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Behera, A. K., Hildebrand, E., Szafranski, J., Hung, H.-H., Grodzinsky, A. J., Lafyatis, R., Koch, A. E., Kalish, R., Perides, G., Steere, A. C. and Hu, L. T. (2006), Role of aggrecanase 1 in Lyme arthritis. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 54: 3319–3329. doi: 10.1002/art.22128

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  1. 1

    Tupper Research Institute, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts

  2. 2

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

  3. 3

    Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts

  4. 4

    Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, and University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan

  5. 5

    Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

*New England Medical Center, Box 41, 750 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 28 SEP 2006
  2. Article first published online: 28 SEP 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 26 JUN 2006
  4. Manuscript Received: 16 FEB 2006

Funded by

  • American Lung Association
  • Earle P. Charlton Research Fund
  • Natalie V. Zucker Research Center for Women Scholars
  • NIH. Grant Numbers: AR-45779, R01-AI-40987, R01-AR-48267, AR-20358, R01-AI-44240, R01-AI-50043, U01-AI-058266
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Frederick G. L. Huetwell and William D. Robinson, MD, Professorship in Rheumatology

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