Mixed monoclonal cryoglobulinemia and monoclonal rheumatoid factor cross-reactive idiotypes as predictive factors for the development of lymphoma in primary sjögren's syndrome

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 767-772

  Tzioufas, Athanasios G ^a   Boumba, Dimitra S ^b   Skopouli, Fotini N ^a   Moutsopoulos, Haralampos M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CROSS REACTION; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CROSS REACTIONS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN IDIOTYPES; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RABBITS; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 0029914461     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780390508     Document Type: Article

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