B-Lymphocytes in plaque and adventitia of coronary arteries in two patients with rheumatoid arthritis and coronary atherosclerosis: Preliminary observations

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 233-236

  Aubry, Marie Christine ^a   Riehle, Darren L ^a   Edwards, William D ^a   Maradit Kremers, Hilal ^a   Roger, Veronique L ^a   Sebo, Thomas J ^a   Gabriel, Sherine E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; B lymphocytes; Coronary artery disease; T lymphocytes rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIBODY; METHOTREXATE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY CD3; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID;

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA BASE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; STAINING; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD20; ANTIGENS, CD3; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 2942729505     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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