Functional analysis of rheumatoid factor-producing B cells from the synovial fluid of rheumatoid arthritis patients

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2211-2220

  Reparon Schuijt, Carelle C ^a   Van Esch, Wim J E ^a   Van Kooten, Cees ^a   Levarht, Eleonora W N ^a   Breedveld, Ferdinand C ^a   Verweij, Cornelis L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ADP-RIBOSYL CYCLASE; ANTIBODY-PRODUCING CELLS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD20; ANTIGENS, CD38; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; B-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN-10; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NAD+ NUCLEOSIDASE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0032445565     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199812)41:12<2211::AID-ART17>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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