Defective EBV-Specific Suppressor T-Cell Function in Rheumatoid Arthritis
- 19 November 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 305 (21) , 1238-1243
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198111193052102
Abstract
Several lines of evidence, including high antibody titers to Epstein–Barr virus (EBV)-associated antigens and rapid transformation of B cells into lymphoblastoid cells lines, suggest an association between EBV and rheumatoid arthritis.This publication has 34 references indexed in Scilit:
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