The third patient with RA was suffering from a proliferation of TCR1+ (V delta 1+, V gamma 9-) CD4- CD8- CD16- CD56- lymphocytes.     ///    "The second patient with ankylosing spondylitis and RA was suffering from proliferation of TCR1+ (V gamma 9-, V delta 1-), CD2+ CD16- CD56- LGL with low coexpression of CD8. "