Complement-activating rheumatoid-factor-containing complexes in patients with rheumatoid vasculitis.
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Complement-activating rheumatoid-factor-containing complexes in patients with rheumatoid vasculitis.
The role of complement and rheumatoid factor in immune complexes was examined in patients with a variety of rheumatic diseases. This was done by assessing the amount of rheumatoid factor (RF) bound from sera by F(ab)2 anti-C3 attached to a solid matrix. High levels of RF bound to C3 were detected in patients with rheumatoid arthritis complicated by vasculitis but rarely and in lower levels in p...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.42.2.147