Increased serum and synovial fluid antibodies to immunoselected peptides in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 437-441

  Dybwad, Anne ^a   Førre, Øystein ^b   Sioud, Mouldy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Oslo Sanitetsforening Rheumatism H   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SERUM; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0029938434     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.55.7.437     Document Type: Article

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