Ankylosing spondylitis in monozygotic twins: Studies on immunological parameters

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 435-440

  Höhler, Thomas ^a   Hug, Rosula ^a   Schneider, Peter M ^b   Krummenauer, Frank ^c   Gripenberg Lerche, Christel ^d   Granfors, Kaisa ^d   Märker Hermann, Elisabeth ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institute of Legal Medicine   (Germany)

^c Inst of Med Stat/Documentation   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPE; HELPER CELL; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0033022201     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.58.7.435     Document Type: Article

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