IgG subclass distribution, affinity of anti-myeloperoxidase antibodies in sera from patients with Wegener's granulomatosis and microscopic polyangiitis

Nephrology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 629-635

  Liu, Li Jun ^a   Chen, Min ^a   Yu, Feng ^a   Zhao, Ming Hui ^a   Wang, Hai Yan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Affinity; Anti myeloperoxidase antibodies; Epitope; Microscopic polyangiitis; Subclass; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BIOTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MYELOPEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SERODIAGNOSIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEROXIDASE; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 54049093961     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: 14401797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2008.00976.x     Document Type: Article

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