Centrosome proteins: A major class of autoantigens in scleroderma

Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 166-171

  Gavanescu, I ^a   Vazquez Abad, D ^b   McCauley, J ^a   Senecal, J L ^c   Doxsey, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoantigen; Centrosome; Diagnosis; Pericentrin; Scleroderma

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; CELL PROTEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CENTROSOME; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ANTIGENS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CENTROSOME; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033022544     PISSN: 02719142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020551610319     Document Type: Article

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