Longitudinal studies of the association between peripheral CD27++ plasma cells and systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity: Preliminary results

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1341-1342

  Ten Boekel, Edwin ^a   Prins, Meike ^a   Vrielink, Gert Jan ^a   De Kieviet, Wim ^a   Siegert, Carl E H ^a  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD27 ANTIGEN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIGENS, CD27; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PLASMA CELLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79957629296     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2010.133959     Document Type: Letter

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