Differences in the relationship of specificity to titre and functional affinity between circulating Ga- and pan-reactive IgM rheumatoid factors in rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1190-1193

  Milošević Jovciic, Nada ^b   Ciric D ^b   Hajdukovic Dragojlovic L ^a   Mircetic V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Avidity; IgG glycoforms; Pan and Ga RFs; Rheumatoid arthritis; Titre

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ALLOTYPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUBCLASS; PARAPROTEIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUCOSYLATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GM ALLOTYPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

EID: 4544298413     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keh287     Document Type: Article

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