A case of myositis associated with clonal expansion of γδ T cells in peripheral blood and bone marrow

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 227-233

  Yamashita, Taiji ^a   Ochi, Hirohumi ^a   Ishizu, Naoaki ^a   Ohyagi, Yasumasa ^a   Kira, Jun ichi ^a   Mori, Yasuo ^a   Arahata, Sou ^b   Ohshima, Koichi ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Omuta National Hospital   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

clonal expansion; inflammatory myopathies; T cell

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; CASE REPORT; CELL CLONE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSITIS; PATHOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

BONE MARROW; CLONE CELLS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSITIS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84874492113     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.52.227     Document Type: Article

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