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FcgammaRIII b and FcgammaRIIa polymorphism may affect the production of specific NA1 autoantibody and clinical course of autoimmune neutropenia of infancy.
Human immunology - 1 Apr 2001
Taniuchi S, Masuda M, Yamamoto A, Hasui M, Tsuji S, Komiyama Y, Takahashi H, Kobayashi Y
Abstract excerpt
We studied 18 children with autoimmune neutropenia (AIN) to evaluate whether there was a possible relationship between the specificity of granulocyte autoantibodies (anti-NA1,2) and the phenotype of the NA system. Direct granulocyte immunofluorescence test (D-GIFT) was positive in all patients, and indirect granulocyte immunofluorescence test (I-GIFT) was positive in 17 of these 18 patients, respectively....
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