Lupus nephritis: The central role of nucleosomes revealed

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 275-283

  Mortensen, Elin S ^a,b   Fenton, Kristin A ^a   Rekvig, Ole P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; DNA ANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; NUCLEOSOME ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; DNA BINDING; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 39549114611     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2008.070563     Document Type: Review

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