IGM antibodies against cytomegalovirus in SLE nephritis: Viral infection or aspecific autoantibody?

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 88-92

  Stratta, Piero ^a   Colla, Loredana ^a   Santi, Sonia ^a   Grill, Anna ^a   Besso, Luca ^a   Godio, Laura ^a   Davico Bonino, Laura ^a   Mazzucco, Gianna ^a   Ghisetti, Valeria ^a   Barbui, Anna ^a   Canavese, Caterina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Cytomegalovirus infection; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DNA ANTIBODY; FLUCONAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MEROPENEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NETILMICIN; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; SULTAMICILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS REACTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE MARKER; ENTEROPATHY; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; AUTOANTIBODIES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MALE;

EID: 0036130916     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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