Mechanisms and genetics of autoimmunity

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 841, Issue , 1998, Pages 225-235

  Theofilopoulos, Argyrios N ^a   Kono, Dwight H ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS REACTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENE LOCUS; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0031879247     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10932.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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