Psoriasis patients have T-cells with reduced responsiveness to common mycobacterial antigens

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-70

  Bay, Maria Luisa ^a   Lehrer, Amira ^b   Bressanelli, Amalia ^b   Morini, Julio ^a   Bottasso, Oscar ^a   Stanford, John ^c  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b Hospital Provincial de Rosario   (Argentina)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lymphocyte transformation; Mycobacterial antigen; Psoriasis; Relationship to etiology

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; POKEWEED MITOGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0031835004     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(98)00034-0     Document Type: Article

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