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Sugar printing rheumatic diseases: a potential method for disease differentiation using immunoglobulin G oligosaccharides.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Aug 1999
Watson M, Rudd P M, Bland M, Dwek R A, Axford J S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To look for oligosaccharide structural variants of IgG that may be unique to specific rheumatic diseases. METHODS: Using normal-phase high-performance liquid chromatography technology, a comparison was made of the oligosaccharide pools released from serum IgG from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (n = 10), ankylosing spondylitis (AS) (n = 10), primary Sjögren's syndrome (n = 6),...
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