Correlation between HLA-DR sequence polymorphisms and rheumatoid factor production

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 815, Issue , 1997, Pages 353-356

  Weyand, Cornelia M ^a   Goronzy, Jörg J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; AUTOANTIBODY; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENT; LYSINE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; SUPERANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; COCULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DILUTION; DISEASE COURSE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030746354     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb52082.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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