Anti-myeloperoxidase antibodies and associated diseases.
Thirty five (41%) sera presented anti MPO specificity, 26 of them (74%) having a p-ANCA pattern. They were present in patients with vasculitis and isolated or predominant renal involvement, but also in 24% of Wegener patients.
Chevailler
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Laboratoire d'Immunopathologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Angers, France.
Subra
J F
JF
Renier
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G
Carrère
F
F
Hurez
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D
D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood*; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000276:immunology*; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000276:immunology*; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000276:immunology*
D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic; D001323:Autoantibodies; D009195:Peroxidase