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HPRT- mutant T cells in the peripheral blood and synovial tissue of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Oct 1998
Cannons J L, Karsh J, Birnboim H C, Goldstein R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the frequency and characteristics of hprt- mutant T lymphocytes in the peripheral blood and synovium of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients compared with controls, and to correlate these findings with disease parameters. METHODS: An hprt- T cell assay was performed on blood and synovial samples from 93 RA patients, 8 osteoarthritis (OA) patients, and 19 control subjects. T cell clones...
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