## Abstract Many sera from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) inhibit lymphocyteβdependent antibody cytotoxicity (LDAC). RA synovial fluids also inhibit LDAC. RA serum inhibition was present in high molecular weight and 5S serum fractions, whereas in SLE
Antibody-mediated lymphocytotoxicity in rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus
β Scribed by Efrain Diaz-Jouanen; Arthur D. Bankhurst; Ralph C. Williams JR.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 740 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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illustrates the difficulty we have in placing diagnostic labels on patients with rheumatic complaints. The following case emphasizes this point even further. A 42-year-old gentleman presented in March 1977 with a 10-year history of "rheumatoid arthritis." He admitted to morning stiffness that laste
## Abstract A patient population admitted to the hospital for either SLE or RA was surveyed for the subsequent development of neoplasms. The frequency of neoplasm in SLE patients appeared to be exaggerated, whereas the frequency of subsequent neoplasm in rheumatoid patients was unexpectedly low. A