Anti-U11/U12 RNP antibodies in systemic sclerosis: A new serologic marker associated with pulmonary fibrosis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 958-965

  Fertig, Noreen ^a   Domsic, Robyn T ^a   Rodriguez Reyna, Tatiana ^a   Kuwana, Masataka ^b   Lucas, Mary ^a   Medsger Jr , Thomas A ^a   Feghali Bostwick, Carol A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN ANTIBODY; U11 RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN ANTIBODY; U12 RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SKIN DISEASE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 67650504632     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24586     Document Type: Article

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