Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor autoantibodies in patients with Sjögren's syndrome

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 510-511

  Naito, Y ^a   Matsumoto, I ^a   Wakamatsu, E ^a   Goto, D ^a   Sugiyama, T ^b   Matsumura, R ^c   Ito, S ^a   Tsutsumi, A ^a   Sumida, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b SHIMOSHIZU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOHO UNIVERSITY SAKURA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MUSCARINIC M3 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M3 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LACRIMAL GLAND; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYROID GLAND;

AUTOANTIBODIES; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 14144251323     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.025478     Document Type: Article

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