Analysis of the T cell receptor repertoire in rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 475-470

  Borgato, L ^a   Beri, R ^a   Biasi, D ^a   Testoni, R ^a   Cugola, L ^a   Ceru', S ^a   De Sandre, G ^a   Lunardi, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO BORGO ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CDR3; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovial membrane; T cell receptors

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0030984475     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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