Autoimmune responses in the rheumatoid synovium

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 0015-0016

  Toes, Rene E M ^a   Huizinga, Tom W J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICITRULLINATED PROTEIN ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; AUTOIMMUNITY; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHORT SURVEY; SYNOVIUM; ARTICLE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOIMMUNITY; DENDRITIC CELLS, FOLLICULAR; HUMANS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 59249083461     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000009     Document Type: Short Survey

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