TCRβ spectratyping in RA: Evidence of clonal expansions in peripheral blood lymphocytes

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 319-322

  Hall, F C ^a,c   Thomson, K ^a   Procter, J ^b   McMichael, A J ^a   Wordsworth, B P ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA TEMPLATE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; MALE; MEMORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0031857774     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.57.5.319     Document Type: Article

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