Histocompatibility antigens and rheumatoid arthritis
β Scribed by Dr. Richard B. Lies; Ronald P. Messner; Gary M. Troup
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1972
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 390 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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## Abstract ## Objective Although studies have suggested that human cartilage (HC) gpβ39 may be an antigen recognized by autoreactive CD4+ T cells in rheumatoid arthritis, we previously failed to identify specific CD4+ T cells in patients' synovial fluid or blood using a class II major histocompat
Table 1. Demographic and epidemiologic features in white rheumatoid arthritis patients receiving gold treatment Toxicity Number of patients Mean age 2 SD Mean age at onset \* SD (years) Mean duration of disease 2 SD (years) Males (%) Females 1%) Seropositive (%) Present Absent 38 59.8 2 11.5 45.0 2