Cogan's syndrome as an autoimmune disease [4]

Lancet

Volumn 361, Issue 9356, 2003, Pages 530-531

  Benvenga, Salvatore ^a   Trimarchi, Francesco ^a   Facchiano, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b Ist Dermopatico dell' Immacolata   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; BINDING PROTEIN; CALCINEURIN; CECROPIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CONNEXIN 26; COTRANSPORTER; ELONGATION FACTOR; INTEGRIN; KINESIN; KINESIN 2; LACTOSE PROTON SYMPORTER; LADININ; LAMININ; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN MGLA; SELENOCYSTEINE; SODIUM PROLINE SYMPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COGAN SYNDROME; CROSS REACTION; HAIR CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LETTER; MICROTUBULE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0037425747     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12478-6     Document Type: Letter

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