Antigen specificity of antihistone antibodies in systemic sclerosis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 470-475

  Hasegawa, Minoru ^a   Sato, Shinichi ^a   Kikuchi, Kanako ^b   Takehara, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HISTONE ANTIBODY; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0031754491     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.57.8.470     Document Type: Article

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