RUBELLA-ANTIBODY TITRES IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
| Autor: | H.D. Venters, A.S. Deinard, K.L. Herrmann, A.R. Page, P.J. Bilka |
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| Rok vydání: | 1974 |
| Předmět: |
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Male Arthritis Antigen-Antibody Complex Rubella antibody Antibodies Viral medicine.disease_cause Rubella Virus Autoimmune Diseases Arthritis Rheumatoid Sex Factors medicine Humans Aged biology business.industry Rubella virus General Medicine Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests Middle Aged medicine.disease Rheumatoid arthritis Immunology Etiology biology.protein Female Antibody business |
| Zdroj: | The Lancet. 303:526-528 |
| ISSN: | 0140-6736 |
| Popis: | Serum specimens from 80 patients with proven rheumatoid arthritis (R.A.) were tested for the presence of rubella haemagglutination-inhibition antibody, and the results were compared with similar data on an equal number of well, non-arthritic controls and a group of 62 individuals with other forms of arthritis. All of the R.A. patients but only 86% of the two groups of controls were found to have rubella-specific antibody. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that prior infection with rubella virus or a cllosely re- lated may be the aetiological basis of rheuma- toid arthritis in persons immunologically unable to respond tp the virus infection in a normal fashion. |
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