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Anticardiolipin IgG subclasses: association of IgG2 with arterial and/or venous thrombosis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Nov 1997
Sammaritano L R, Ng S, Sobel R, Lo S K, Simantov R, Furie R, Kaell A, Silverstein R, Salmon J E
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the presence of anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) of a specific IgG subclass is associated with clinical complications of the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) and whether polymorphisms of Fc receptors for IgG (FcgammaR) with differential binding preferences contribute to an increased risk of thrombotic complications. METHODS: In 60 patients with IgG aCL, we assessed clinical...
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