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Serum BAFF in Indian patients with IIM: a retrospective study reveals novel clinico-phenotypic associations in children and adults.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 May 2018
Gupta Latika, Chaurasia Smriti, Srivastava Puja, Dwivedi Sanjay, Lawrence Able, Misra Ramnath
Abstract excerpt
We studied the serum levels of B cell survival factors BAFF and APRIL in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM) and their relation with clinical and autoantibodies. Seventy-five patients (51 females and 24 males) with IIM (Bohan and Peter's criteria 1975) and 25 healthy adults were analyzed for BAFF, APRIL and IL-17 by ELISA, and myositis-specific and associated antibodies (MSA and MAA) using line...
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