Autoantibody against a 58 kD molecule in a patient with neutropenia and NK cell deficiency

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 565-570

  Witte, T ^a,b,c   Bode, F M ^a   Hammer, M ^b   Deicher, H ^a   Schmidt, R E ^a  

^a Abteilung Klinische Immunologie   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Autoimmune neutropenia; Evans' syndrome; NK cells

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030009210     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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