Preparation and analysis of active rat model of rheumatoid arthritis with features of TCM toxic heat-stasis painful obstruction

Objective: To establish a collagen type II-induced rat model of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) presenting characteristics of the human form of the traditional Chinese syndrome pattern of toxic heat-stasis painful obstruction (bi zheng; arthromyodynia) as well as pathologic features of active RA. The Chin...

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Main Authors: Yanan Wang, Yan Lu, Jie Wang, Zhiming Shen, Hui Liu, Weiguo Ma, Jisheng Zhang, Xuehong Ma, Kang Wang, Fengxian Meng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-07-01
Series:Journal of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S209575481600003X