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Enzymes in intestinal mucosa from patients with rheumatoid diseases
Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
|January 1, 1976
Abstract:
Jejunal mucosa from arthritic and control subjects was obtained by intraluminal biopsy or at operation and analysed for eight different enzymes. Histidinemethyl-esterase showed 6 to 10 times higher values in patients uith rheumatoid arthritis on comparison with control individuals in respective series. A disturbance in the histidine metabolism in these patients, possible depending on their intestinal flora, is discussed.