The structure and origin of rheumatoid factors

Immunology Today

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 177-183

  Sutton, Brian ^a   Corper, Adam ^a   Bonagura, Vincent ^b   Taussig, Michael ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SCHLIJMC   (United States)

^c BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENT; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOMATIC MUTATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034177569     PISSN: 01675699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01589-9     Document Type: Note

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