The 52-kd protein as a target of intermolecular spreading of the immune response to components of the SS-A/Ro-SS-B/La complex

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 936-944

  Tseng, Chung E ^a   Chan, Edward K L ^b   Miranda, Eugenia ^a   Gross, Michael ^a   Di Donato, Francis ^a   Buyon, Jill P ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY IMMUNE RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY IMMUNE RESPONSE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

EID: 0030964316     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780400523     Document Type: Article

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