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Lymphocyte Populations and Subpopulations in Rheumatoid Arthritis

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It represented a major breakthrough in studies of immunologic mechanisms of disease when it became possible to identify and quantify human lymphocyte populations with the various surface markers discovered during the last 10 years [7, 28]. These marker techniques also represented a new approach to the investigation of immunopathogenesis in rheumatoid arthritis, and the first reports on lymphocyte populations in this disease appeared relatively early after the introduction of the surface marker assays. Today the literature on this topic is abundant and somewhat confusing. Before presenting an attempt at a survey of the field, it is necessary to discuss briefly the concepts of surface markers for identification of human lymphocytes in clinical disorders.

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Frøland, S.S. (1981). Lymphocyte Populations and Subpopulations in Rheumatoid Arthritis. In: Deicher, H., Schulz, LC. (eds) Arthritis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68106-6_17

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