CDR3 fingerprinting of immunoglobulin kappa light chains expressed in rheumatoid arthritis. Evidence of antigenic selection or dysregulation of gene rearrangement in B cells

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 815, Issue , 1997, Pages 423-426

  Bridges Jr , S Louis ^a,b,c,d   Lavelle, John C ^a   Lee, Soo Kon ^e   Byer, Stephanie ^a   Schroeder Jr , Harry W ^a,b,c,f  

^a The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0030791581     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb52093.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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