B lymphocytes in allergic alveolitis

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-162

  McSharry, C ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ALLERGY; B LYMPHOCYTE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; AUTOANTIBODIES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; LUNG; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

EID: 0037323771     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2003.01603.x     Document Type: Editorial

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