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Association of autoantibodies with Ku and DNA repair proteins in connective tissue diseases
20 Dec 2007
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To analyse the autoimmune response to DNA damage response factors in systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease (SARD) patients and to determine their association with autoantibodies to Ku antigen. METHODS: We have screened the serum of 239 patients suffering from SARD, including systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis to detect the occurrence of autoantibodies to Ku and...
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