VH4—21, A Human VH Gene Segment Overrepresented in the Autoimmune Repertoire

Arthritis & Rheumatism

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 11-18

  Pascual, Virginia ^a   Capra, J Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, HEAVY CHAIN;

AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NOTE; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; GENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PARAPROTEINEMIA; REVIEW;

AUTOIMMUNITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, HEAVY-CHAIN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026610470     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780350103     Document Type: Article

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