T cell reactivity to Sjogren's syndrome related antigen La(SSB)

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2340-2347

  Helsloot, Jacqueline ^a,b   Sturgess, Allan ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Rheumatology Department

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Sjogren's syndrome; SSB; T cells

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; ENDOTOXIN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CELL DIVISION; ENDOTOXINS; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TETANUS TOXOID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031466908     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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