Clonal analysis of B cells in the synovial membrane of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-18

  Shiokawa, Satoshi ^a   Matsumoto, Naoyuki ^b   Nishimura, Junji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION BEPPU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

B lymphocytes; Clonality; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovial tissue

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SAMPLING; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SYNOVIAL FLUID LEVEL; SYNOVIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW CELLS; CLONE CELLS; DNA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0037255527     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740310000346     Document Type: Article

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