A germinal center-like reaction in the nonlymphoid tissue of the synovial membrane

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 815, Issue , 1997, Pages 211-217

  Berek, C ^a   Schroder A E ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES RHEUMA FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SELECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE MUTATION; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MEMORY CELL; PLASMA CELL; SYNOVIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030856592     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb52062.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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