Peripheral blood T cell expansions in patients with Behcet's disease

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 520-527

  Esin, S ^a,b   Gul A ^b   Hodara, V ^a   Jeddi Tehrani, M ^a   Dilsen, N ^b   Konice M ^b   Andersson, R ^a   Wigzell, H ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Behcet's disease; J gene segment; T cell receptor; V gene segment

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0031046874     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1997.d01-947.x     Document Type: Article

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