CD4+ cell oligoclonality in Crohn's disease: Evidence for an antigen- specific response

Human Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 114-124

  Gulwani Akolkar, Beena ^a   Akolkar, Pradip N ^a   Minassian, Arax ^a   McKinley, Matthew ^a   Fisher, Stanley ^a   Silver, Jack ^a,b  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NSUH CUMC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CROHN DISEASE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LAMINA PROPRIA; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030175792     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0198-8859(96)00079-1     Document Type: Article

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