Possible involvement of epstein-barr vir
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Kunio Yamaoka; Nobuyuki Miyasaka; Kohtaro Yamamoto
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Article
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1988
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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We sought evidence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) involvement in the mechanism of polyclonal B cell activation in 29 patients with Sjogren's syndrome (SS). Serum levels of anti-viral capsid antigen antibodies of both the IgG and the IgM class were significantly elevated in these patients. Excretion of