Kinsella TD, Vasey F, Ashworth MA. Perturbations of humoral and cellular immunity in a patient with pigmented villonodular synovitis.
Am J Med 1975;
58:444-8. [PMID:
1090162 DOI:
10.1016/0002-9343(75)90612-9]
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Abstract
Several parameters of the immune system have been studied in a patient with pigmented villonodular synovitis. Numerous immunoglobulin-synthesizing cells were found by immunofluorescent technics in both synovium and synovial fluid. Phytohemagglutinin-induced in vitro blastogenesis of peripheral blood T lymphocytes was absent whereas B-lymphocyte blastogenesis was preserved. These results indicate a necessity for evaluating immune responsiveness in other patients with pigmented villonodular synovitis.
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