Chance, genetics, and the heterogeneity of disease and pathogenesis in systemic lupus erythematosus

Seminars in Immunopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 495-517

  Marion, Tony N ^a   Postlethwaite, Arnold E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Autoimmunity; Glomerulonephritis; Immune tolerance; Pathogenesis; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; COMPLICATION; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MICE;

EID: 84930794780     PISSN: 18632297     EISSN: 18632300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00281-014-0440-x     Document Type: Article

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