Systemic vasculitis: Systemic small vessel vasculitis: Pathophysiological aspects of antineutrophil cytoplasm antibodies (ANCA). A review on recent findings

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Wiik, A ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SMALL VESSEL VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; REVIEW; VASCULITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; HUMANS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 2942590736     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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