Autoimmune prostatitis: Evidence of T cell reactivity with normal prostatic proteins

Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 893-899

  Alexander, Richard B ^a,b   Brady, Francine ^a   Ponniah, Sathibalan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; TETANUS TOXOID;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATITIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC PAIN; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTATE; PROSTATITIS; PROTEINS; SEMEN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYNDROME;

EID: 0031436320     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00456-1     Document Type: Article

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