Sera obtained from fifty-five patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and from four patients with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) previously shown by immunofluorescence and by double immunodiffusion to possess antinuclear antibodies, were tested for the presence of natural ant
Generation of C5-derived peptides and other immune reactants in the sera of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
โ Scribed by William P. Given; Henry S. Edelson; Howard B. Kaplan; Paul Aisen; Gerald Weissmann; Steven B. Abramson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 659 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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