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. 1986 Jul;39(7):731–735. doi: 10.1136/jcp.39.7.731

Distribution of immunoglobulin heavy chains in diseased synovia.

A J Freemont, C Rutley
PMCID: PMC500033  PMID: 3090108

Abstract

Synovium from 142 patients with 12 different arthropathies was examined for the distribution of alpha, delta, gamma, and mu immunoglobulin heavy chains. A high proportion of plasma cells in the superficial subintima in all diseases reacted for alpha heavy chains. Only in rheumatoid disease did the synovium contain more than 10% of plasma cells reacting for mu heavy chains.

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