Autoantibodies to collagens in japanese patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 295-297

  Tani, Y ^a   Sato, H ^a   Hukuda, S ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Antibody; Collagen; ELISA

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; COLLAGEN ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIBODIES; COLLAGEN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 0030898795     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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