Immunoprecipitation of steroidogenic enzyme autoantigens with autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type I (APS I) sera; further evidence for independent humoral immunity to P450c17 and P450c21

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 335-340

  Peterson, P ^c,d   Uibo, R ^a   Peranen J ^b   Krohn, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Addison's disease; APECED; autoantigen; autoimmune polyendocrinopathy; P450 cytochrome

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CYTOCHROME P450; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADDISON DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE POLYGLANDULAR SYNDROME TYPE I; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031036176     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1997.282-ce1175.x     Document Type: Article

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