Unusual combination of positive IgG autoantibodies in acute Q-fever infection

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 432-435

  Wong, Richard C W ^a   Wilson, R ^b   Silcock, R ^b   Kratzing, L M ^b   Looke, D ^b  

^a ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1 ANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; DOXYCYCLINE; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; REHYDRATION; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WORKPLACE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; AUTOANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; Q FEVER;

EID: 0035758991     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2001.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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