Rheumatoid arthritis: Autoreactive T cells recognising a novel 68k autoantigen

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 317-322

  Blaß St ^a   Haferkamp, C ^b   Specker, Ch ^b   Schwochau, M ^b   Schneider, M ^b   Schneider, E M ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030988325     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.56.5.317     Document Type: Article

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