Antiglobulins in ankylosing spondylitis.
An immunoadsorption technique was used to investigate the presence of antiglobulin factors in 28 patients with ankylosing spondylitis and 30 healthy individuals. Both groups were "sero-negative" by standard agglutination techniques. Whereas the controls were consistently negative, 18 of the 28 patients with ankylosing spondylitis had antiglobulins of the IgG class.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D007158:Immunologic Techniques; D008875:Middle Aged; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000276:immunology*; D005719:gamma-Globulins / Q000032:analysis
D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D005719:gamma-Globulins