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Antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCA) in children with cystic fibrosis.
Journal of autoimmunity - 1 Apr 1998
Sedivá A, Bartůnková J, Kolárová I, Hrusák O, Vávrová V, Macek M, Lockwood C M, Dunn A C
Abstract excerpt
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) represent a useful diagnostic tool in patients with small vessel vasculitis. Circulating ANCA specific for bactericidal/permeability increasing protein (BPI) have been recently reported in adult patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR) gene with consequent impaired...
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