T-cell receptor repertoire in pyoderma gangrenosum: Evidence for clonal expansions and trafficking

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 960-966

  Brooklyn, T N ^a   Williams, A M ^a   Dunnill, M G S ^a   Probert, C S ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pyoderma gangrenosum; T cell; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSPORT KINETICS; ULCER;

ADULT; CELL MOVEMENT; CLONE CELLS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL;

EID: 35348837991     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08211.x     Document Type: Article

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