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Ribosomal P autoantibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus. Frequencies in different ethnic groups and clinical and immunogenetic associations
1 Nov 1996
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequencies and clinical associations of antiribosomal P antibodies (anti-P) in a large multiethnic cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and to assess whether anti-P was associated with any major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II alleles or shared amino acid sequences. METHODS: Sera from 394 SLE patients were studied for anti-P using an enzyme-linked...
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