Lymphocyte proliferation assay in response to Borrelia burgdorferi in patients with Lyme arthritis: Analysis of lymphocyte subsets

Rheumatology International

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 151-158

  Rutkowski, S ^a   Busch, D H ^a   Huppertz, H I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme arthritis; Lyme borreliosis; Lymphocyte proliferation assay

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030695276     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002960050027     Document Type: Article

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