Raynaud's phenomenon and antiphospholipid antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus: Is there an association?

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1003-1005

  Caccavo, D ^a   Del Porto, F ^b   Garzia, P ^c   Mitterhofer, A P ^b   Galluzzo, S ^b   Rigon, A ^c   Vadacca, M ^c   Navajas, M F ^c   Amoroso, A ^b   Afeltra, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PHOSPHATIDIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RAYNAUD DISEASE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0141427782     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.62.10.1003     Document Type: Article

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