Chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids (CLIPPERS) is an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system that predominantly affects the brainst
*DAS (Disease Activity Score) 28 for RA, SLEDAI (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index) for SLE and mean AVS (AVS: Analogic Visual Scale) of subjective sicca syndrome, asthenia and pain
Higher and lower affinity self-reactive CD4 T cells are seen in autoimmunity; however, their individual contribution to disease remains unclear. We addressed this question using peptide-MHCII chimeric
Data are means ± SD unless otherwise indicated. Differences in categorical variables were assessed in three-group comparisons using the χ2-test, while differences in continuous variables were assessed