Antibody cross reactivity from sera of patients with behçet's disease with synthetic peptides that have homologies with proteins from streptococcus sanguis

Journal of Applied Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Isogai, Emiko ^a   Isogai, Hiroshi ^b   Kotake, Satoshi ^c   Ohno, Shigeaki ^c   Ishihara, Mami ^d   Aoki, Koki ^e   Tojo, Michiko ^f   Kaneko, Fumio ^f   Yokotag, Kennji ^h   Oguma, Keiji ^g  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Aoki Eye Clinic   (Japan)

^f Fukushima National University   (Japan)

^g OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Heat shock protein 60; Retinal ganglion cell protein; Streptococcus sanguis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043129532     PISSN: 1537064X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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