Glomerular binding of anti-dsDNA autoantibodies: The dispute resolved?

Kidney International

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 600-601

  Van Bavel, C C ^a,b   Van Der Vlag, J ^a,b   Berden, J H ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; NUCLEOSOME AUTOANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN BINDING; APOPTOSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; CROSS REACTION; DNA STRUCTURE; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HUMAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; REVIEW;

EID: 33947661526     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5002126     Document Type: Note

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