Autoantibodies to aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases

Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 527-528

  Hirakata, Michito ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl transfer RNA synthetases; Autoantibodies; Interstitial lung diseases; Myositis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; AUTOANTIBODY; ENZYME ANTIBODY; GLYCINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; HISTIDINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; ISOLEUCINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; THREONINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

AMINOACYLATION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTISYNTHETASE SYNDROME; APOPTOSIS; ARTHRITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CATALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CYTOPLASM; EDITORIAL; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFLAMMATION; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; MUSCLE DISEASE; MYOSITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON;

AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; APOPTOSIS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; CYTOPLASM; HUMANS;

EID: 21644464398     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.527     Document Type: Editorial

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