Autoantibodies to NOR 90/hUBF: Longterm clinical and serological followup in a patient with limited systemic sclerosis suggests an antigen driven immune response

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1543-1547

  Dagher, Jehan H ^a   Scheer, Ulrich ^a   Voit, Renate ^a   Grummt, Ingrid ^a   Lonzetti, Lilian ^a   Raymond, Yves ^a   Senécal, Jean Luc ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Autoantigens; Scleroderma

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; HUMAN UPSTREAM BINDING FACTOR ANTIBODY; NUCLEOLAR ORGANIZING REGION 90 ANTIBODY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AUTOANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR UBF;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME NOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; CHILD; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TIME;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; POL1 TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION COMPLEX PROTEINS; PROGNOSIS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS; HUMANS;

EID: 0035992964     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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