CD45 isoform expression in autoimmune myasthenia gravis

Autoimmunity

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-121

  Tackenberg, B ^a   Nitschke, M ^a   Willcox, N ^b   Ziegler, A ^c   Nessler, S ^a   Schumm, F ^d   Oertel, W H ^a   Hemmer, B ^a   Sommer, N ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^d Christophsbad ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; CD8+ na ve cells; Myasthenia gravis; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Variant CD45

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE C RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BLOOD; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXON; FISHER EXACT TEST; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENDER; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANK SUM TEST; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS;

ANTIGENS, CD45; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037350370     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0891693031000084369     Document Type: Article

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