Immunohistological features of synovitis in ankylosing spondylitis: a comparison with rheumatoid arthritis.
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Immunohistological features of synovitis in ankylosing spondylitis: a comparison with rheumatoid arthritis.
The immunohistological features of the synovial membrane in ankylosing spondylitis, HLA-B27 associated oligoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis wer examined with particular reference to T lymphocyte subsets. T helper (CD4+) cells clearly outnumbered T suppressor/cytotoxic (CD8+) cells in rheumatoid arthritis, whereas both cell types were present in equal numbers in ankylosing spondylitis. A red...
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1Department of Internal Medicine 3, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany; 2Medical Department I, Rheumatology, Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany. Georg Schett, MD Joachim Sieper, MD Please address correspondence to: Georg Schett, MD, Department of Internal Medicine III and Institute for Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Krankenhausstrasse 12,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.48.2.92