Cause of systemic lupus erythematosus: A novel self-organized criticality theory of autoimmunity

Expert Review of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 715-717

  Shiozawa, Shunichi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

aiCD4 + T cells; autoimmunity; self organized criticality; SLE

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THEORY;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 80054901799     PISSN: 1744666X     EISSN: 17448409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eci.11.54     Document Type: Review

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