Serum IgA1 and IgA2 subclass antibodies against collagens in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 380-382

  Tani, Yoshitaka ^a   Sato, Hiroshi ^a   Tanaka, Nobuaki ^a   Mori, Kanji ^a   Doida, Yukio ^a   Hukuda, Sinsuke ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Collagen; IgA subclass

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A2;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030735184     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009749709065703     Document Type: Article

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