PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Scudder, P R
AU  - McMurray, W
AU  - White, A G
AU  - Dormandy, T L
TI  - Synovial fluid copper and related variables in rheumatoid and degenerative arthritis.
AID  - 10.1136/ard.37.1.71
DP  - 1978 Feb 01
TA  - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
PG  - 71--72
VI  - 37
IP  - 1
4099  - http://ard.bmj.com/content/37/1/71.short
4100  - http://ard.bmj.com/content/37/1/71.full
SO  - Ann Rheum Dis1978 Feb 01; 37
AB  - Copper, caeruloplasmin, transferrin, albumin, and total protein were measured in the serum and synovial fluid of 40 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and 40 patients with osteoarthrosis. A raised synovial fluid copper and caeruloplasmin have been found to be characteristic of rheumatoid effusions. The relation between copper and caeruloplasmin in synovial fluid differs from that in serum. Synovial fluid caeruloplasmin was increased disproportionately in relation to other plasma proteins present in rheumatoid effusions.