title: Anti-lactoferrin antibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with vasculitis.
abstract: Anti-lactoferrin antibodies (anti-LF Ab) are more frequently found in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) complicated by vasculitis when compared to patients with uncomplicated RA. Therefore the detection of anti-LF Ab in serum of patients with RA may be useful in the diagnosis of vasculitis in RA patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology and Nephrology, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: I E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Coremans
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Hagen
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: van der Woude
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Daha
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: van der Voort
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kleyburg-van der Keur
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Breedveld
mesh_terms: D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000097:blood; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood*; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood*; D007781:Lactoferrin / Q000276:immunology*; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; D001323:Autoantibodies; D001324:Autoantigens; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007781:Lactoferrin