Extensive plasma cell infiltration with crystal IgG inclusions and mutated IgVH gene in an osteoarthritis patient with lymphoplasmacellular synovitis. A case report

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-50

  Magalhães, Raquel ^a   Gehrke, Thorsten ^b   Souto Carneiro, Maria M ^c   Kriegsmann, Jörg ^d   Krenn, Veit ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ENDO Klinik   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Gemeinschaftspraxis fur Pathologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystal inclusions; Osteoarthritis; Plasma cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; NUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CASE REPORT; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENE INSERTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PLASMA CELL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOMATIC MUTATION; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 0036175785     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0344-0338-00183     Document Type: Article

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