Felty's syndrome without rheumatoid arthritis?
โ Scribed by Rozin, AP; Hoffman, R; Hayek, T; Balbir-Gurman, A
- Book ID
- 121634889
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 160 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0770-3198
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## Abstract Evidence has been found to document the presence of circulating immune complexes in all patients with Felty's syndrome. The sera of all 12 patients studied showed intermediate complexes by analytical ultracentrifugation. The sera of 9 of 12 patients (75%) showed precipitin lines upon im