HLA antigens and complement C4 allotypes in patients with chronic biologically false positive (CBFP) seroreactions for syphilis: a follow-up study of SLE patients and CBFP reactors.

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We report a follow-up of our previous study of HLA markers in 118 unrelated patients: 49 with definite systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (group 1), 32 with definite or probable SLE and chronic biologically false positive (CBFP) seroreactions for syphilis (group 2), and 37 CBFP reactors (group 3). Definite SLE was confirmed in 28 (90.3%) of the patients in group 2, equally in HLA B8- and HLA B7-positive patients....

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