Self antigens and epitope spreading in systemic autoimmunity

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1374-1382

  Craft, Joe ^a   Fatenejad, Saeed ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; EPITOPE;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOIMMUNITY; ETIOLOGY; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITOPES; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 0030931614     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780400803     Document Type: Review

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