Antibodies to neuroblastoma cells in rheumatoid arthritis: A potential marker for neuropathy

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-30

  Salih, A M ^a   Nixon, N B ^b   Dawes, P T ^b   Mattey, D L ^b  

^a WARRINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neuroblastoma antibodies; Peripheral neuropathy; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CANCER ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEROPREVALENCE;

AGED; ANTIBODIES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GANGLIOSIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033974399     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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