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Prevalence and clinical significance of auto-antibodies in adults with cystic fibrosis.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Nov 2009
Lachenal F, Nkana K, Nove-Josserand R, Fabien N, Durieu I
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of different auto-antibodies in adult, French cystic fibrosis (CF) patients and to look for a correlation between autoimmunity, patient characteristics and survival. The sera of 144 patients were screened for a wide range of antibodies. Clinical, biological and bacteriological characteristics and the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator genotype...
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