Demonstration of high prevalence of SS-A antibodies in a general population: Association with HLA-DR and enterovirus antibodies

Immunology Letters

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-18

  Metsküla, Kaja ^a   Salur, Liina ^a   Mandel, Maire ^a   Uibo, Raivo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Enterovirus antibodies; HLA; Immunoblot; Population study; SS A

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RO ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENTEROVIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33746253329     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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