title: [Results and observations on the research of circulating immunocomplexes in subjects with suspected autoimmune pathology].
abstract: The authors have investigated the level of circulating immune complexes (CIC) in 409 patients (some hospitalized) suffering from disease in which the presence of CIC had been suspected. The 10% (forty-one) was positive, and clinical manifestations related have shown, in the majority of patients, a close relation with diseases in which there was, or it was possible to presume, an immunological pathogenic mechanism. Besides the authors examine a case with close association between high level of CIC and leptospirosis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di analisi chimico-cliniche e microbiologiche, Presidio ospedaliero, U.S.L.9, Prato Firienze.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Livatino
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Livatino
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ignesti
mesh_terms: D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex
vernacular_title: Risultati ed osservazioni sulla ricerca di immunocomplessi circolanti in soggetti con sospetta patologia autoimmune.