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Common and specific associations of anti-SSA/Ro60 and anti-Ro52/TRIM21 antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus.
TheScientificWorldJournal - 1 Jan 2013
Menéndez Aurora, Gómez Jesús, Caminal-Montero Luis, Díaz-López José Bernardino, Cabezas-Rodríguez Iván, Mozo Lourdes
Abstract excerpt
Little information exists about the association of anti-SSA/Ro60 and anti-Ro52/TRIM21 with systemic lupus erytematosus (SLE) features. In this work, we analysed the associations of both anti-Ro reactivities with clinical and immunological manifestations in 141 SLE patients. Photosensitivity and xerophtalmia/xerostomia were found to be positively associated with both anti-SSA/Ro60 (P = 0.024 and P = 0.019, resp.)...
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