Article
Lymphocyte subsets associated with T cell receptor beta-chain gene rearrangement in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and neutropenia.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 May 1992
Gonzales-Chambers R, Przepiorka D, Winkelstein A, Agarwal A, Starz T W, Kline W E, Hawk H
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence of a clonal lymphoid disease in patients with chronic rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and neutropenia. METHODS: Lymphocytes from 23 RA patients with either current neutropenia or a history of this complication were studied. RESULTS: Eight patients had a clonal rearrangement of the T cell receptor beta-chain gene. Phenotypically, they showed a distinctive pattern characterized by an...
Topics
- Adult
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Gene Rearrangement, beta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Humans
- Lymphocyte Subsets
- Neutropenia
- Organ Size
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta
- Spleen
