Elevated Serum BAFF Levels in Patients with Autoimmunity and Lymphoproliferation

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 518-519

  Janda, A ^a   Rensing Ehl, A ^a   Eibel, H ^a   Ehl, S ^a   Speckmann, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; CASPASE 10; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE SYNDROME; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPENIA; DOUBLE NEGATIVE T LYMPHOCYTE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SOMATIC MUTATION; SPLENOMEGALY; T LYMPHOCYTE; UPREGULATION; X LINKED AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA;

AUTOIMMUNE LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE SYNDROME; B-CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; LYMPHOPENIA; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 80053486047     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2011.02597.x     Document Type: Letter

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