Insights into rheumatoid arthritis derived from the Sa immune system

Arthritis Research

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 429-432

  Menard H A ^a   Lapointe, E ^a   Rochdi, M D ^a   Zhou, Z J ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anti Sa autoantibodies; Citrullinated proteins; Diagnosis; Prognosis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; AUTOANTIBODY; CALPAIN; CALPASTATIN; CITRULLINE; FILAGGRIN; HAPTEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SA ANTIBODY; SA ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

APOPTOSIS; ASIA; AUTOIMMUNITY; BODY FLUID; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; HAPTEN CARRIER COMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIUM; TARGET ORGAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ANTIGENS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HAPTENS; HUMANS;

EID: 0034467068     PISSN: 14659905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar122     Document Type: Note

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