Immunohistochemistry of minor salivary gland biopsy specimens from patients with Sjogren's syndrome with and without hepatitis c virus infection

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 390-392

  Coll, Joaquin ^a   Gambús, Gemma ^a   Corominas, José ^a   Tomás, Santiago ^a   Esteban, Juan Ignacio ^b   Guardia, Jaime ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 4; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINOR SALIVA GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIALOADENITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0030790754     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.56.6.390     Document Type: Article

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