Anti-lactoferrin antibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with vasculitis.
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.
Coremans
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Department of Rheumatology and Nephrology, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Hagen
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van der Woude
F J
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Daha
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van der Voort
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Kleyburg-van der Keur
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Breedveld
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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
D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; D001323:Autoantibodies; D001324:Autoantigens; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007781:Lactoferrin