Two types of inflammatory vascular disease in Sjögren's syndrome. Differential association with seroreactivity to rheumatoid factor and antibodies to Ro (SS-A) and with hypocomplementemia

Antibodies to ss–b in chronic inflammato

Antibodies to ss–b in chronic inflammatory connective tissue diseases. relationship with hla-dw2 and hla–dw3 antigens in primary sjögren's syndrome

✍ Rolf Manthorpe; Anna-Maija Teppo; Gunnar Bendixen; Otto Wegelius 📂 Article 📅 1982 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 419 KB 👁 1 views

SS-B antigen, purified from rabbit thymus, was used in an indirect enzyme immunoassay to demonstrate the presence of IgG-, IgA-, and IgM-type SS-B antibodies in sera from patients with well-defined and characterized chronic inflammatory connective tissue disease. High levels of antibodies to SS-B we