Patients with psoriatic arthritis have an increased number of lymphocytes in the duodenal mucosa in comparison with patients with psoriasis vulgaris

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 924-927

  Lindqvist, Ulla ^a,b   Kristjánsson, Gudjon ^a,c   Pihl Lundin, Inger ^a,d   Hagforsen, Eva ^a,d   Michaëlsson, Gerd ^a,d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Section of Rheumatology   (Sweden)

^c Section of Gastroenterology

^d Section of Dermato Venereology

Author keywords

Endomysium; Eosinophil granulocytes; Gliadin antibodies; Intestinal inflammation; Mast cells; Transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; GLIADIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUODENOSCOPY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; DUODENUM MUCOSA; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE VILLUS; IRRITABLE COLON; LAMINA PROPRIA; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MAST CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; DUODENOSCOPY; DUODENUM; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRYPTASES;

EID: 33646456317     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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