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Autologous stem cell transplantation for paediatric-onset polyarteritis nodosa: changes in autoimmune phenotype in the context of reduced diversity of the T- and B-cell repertoires, and evidence for reversion from the CD45RO(+) to RA(+) phenotype.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Nov 2001
Wedderburn L R, Jeffery R, White H, Patel A, Varsani H, Linch D, Murray K, Woo P
Abstract excerpt
We have studied immune reconstitution in a patient with paediatric-onset polyarteritis nodosa treated with high-dose immunosuppressive agents followed by stem cell rescue. The patient developed several new autoimmune phenomena over the 18 months after immunosuppression and stem cell rescue. Flow cytometry, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) heteroduplex and isotype-specific RT-PCR analysis...
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