Leukemia of large granular lymphocytes and rheumatoid arthritis

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 744-745

  Starkebaum, Gordon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; LARGE GRANULAR LYMPHOCYTE; LEUKEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CLINICAL TRIALS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; METHOTREXATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034659136     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(00)00386-7     Document Type: Editorial

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