B lymphocyte hyperactivity in families of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of Autoimmunity

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-65

  Clark, Jonathan ^b   Bourne, Timothy ^b   Salaman, Myer R ^b   Seifert, Martin H ^b   Isenberg, David A ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antibodies to DNA; Nitrogen stimulation; Polyclonal activation; SLE patients and relatives

Indexed keywords

DNA ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 0030007279     PISSN: 08968411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jaut.1996.0008     Document Type: Article

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