Antigen receptor variable region repertoires expressed by T cells infiltrating thyroid, retroorbital, and pretibial tissue in Graves' disease

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3733-3739

  Heufelder, Armin E ^a   Wenzel, Björn E ^a   Scriba, Peter C ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBIMAZOLE; LEVOTHYROXINE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORBIT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN DISEASE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYROID GLAND; TIBIA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, ALPHA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYROID GLAND; TIBIA;

EID: 0029798821     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.10.3733     Document Type: Article

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