B lymphocytic clonal expansion in rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-43

  McGee, Barbara ^a   Small, Ralph E ^a   Singh, Rovinder ^b   Han, Jinfeng ^b   Carlson, Patricia L ^b   Ruddy, Shaun ^a   Moxley, George ^a,c  

^a Department of Pharmacy ^*  (United States)

^b Immunopathology Laboratory

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

B lymphocytes; Clonal expansion; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid factor

Indexed keywords

HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; METHOTREXATE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD CELLS; CLONE CELLS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSTEOARTHRITIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0030030744     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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