Familial occurrence of autoimmune diseases and autoantibodies in a Caucasian population of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

doi:10.1007/pl00011215

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Familial occurrence of autoimmune diseases and autoantibodies in a Caucasian population of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Clinical rheumatology - 1 May 2002

Corporaal S, Bijl M, Kallenberg C G M

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To determine the prevalence of autoimmune diseases and autoantibodies in relatives of Caucasian patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) we questioned 118 patients for the prevalence of autoimmune diseases in their relatives. Multicase SLE families were selected for further investigation: assessment of the presence of antinuclear antibodies (ANA), thyroid antibodies and IgM rheumatoid factor (IgM-RF)....

Topics

Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Autoantibodies
Autoimmune Diseases
Cohort Studies
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
Male
Middle Aged
Netherlands
Pedigree
Poisson Distribution
Prevalence
Probability
Rheumatoid Factor

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PMID: 12086159
DOI: 10.1007/pl00011215

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