Colocalization of C4d deposits/CD68+macrophages in rheumatoid nodule and granuloma annulare: Immunohistochemical evidence of a complement-mediated mechanism in fibrinoid necrosis

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 373-378

  Knoess, M ^a   Krukemeyer, M G ^b   Kriegsmann, J ^a   Thabe, H ^c   Otto, M ^a   Krenn, V ^a  

^a Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Diakoniekrankenhaus ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

C4d deposits; Colocalization; Granuloma annulare; Rheumatoid nodule

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CD68 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT DEPOSITION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NECROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLEMENT C4B; FEMALE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RHEUMATOID NODULE;

EID: 43049135797     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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