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. 1974 Mar;16(3):497–502.

Cell-mediated immunity to cartilage proteoglycan in relapsing polychondritis

D A Rajapakse, E G L Bywaters
PMCID: PMC1553938  PMID: 4283279

Abstract

The presence of cell-mediated immunity and the concurrent absence of humoral immunity to human cartilage proteoglycan are demonstrated in two cases of relapsing polychondritis compared with nine control subjects with other rheumatic diseases. Two in vitro tests have been applied to study each type of immunity.

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