α4 integrins as therapeutic targets in autoimmune disease

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 348, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 68-72

  Von Andrian, Ulrich H ^a   Engelhardt, Britta ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA4 INTEGRIN; NATALIZUMAB; PLACEBO; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MADCAM1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MUCOPROTEIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INTEGRIN ALPHA4; MUCOPROTEINS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING;

EID: 0037413240     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe020157     Document Type: Editorial

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