Diagnostic value of antibodies to filaggrin in rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 847-851

  Slack, Shawn L ^a,b,d   Mannik, Mart ^a,b   Dale, Beverly A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Division of Rheumatology

^c Dept of Oral Biol and Periodontics

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antikeratin antibodies; Autoantigen; Filaggrin; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; FILAGGRIN; KIDNEY ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; KERATINS; RATS;

EID: 0031920052     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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