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Proliferation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from rheumatoid arthritis patients to mycobacterial antigens.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Mar 1992
Swärdh M, Palacios-Boix A, Panayi G S
Abstract excerpt
Proliferation of rheumatoid and control peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) to an antigenic acetone-precipitable extract from mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTa) was investigated. Cells were also stimulated with the recall antigen tuberculin PPD (purified protein derivative) and the mitogen OKT3. Controls had a significantly higher response to both MTa and tuberculin PPD than RA patients. However, lymphocytes...
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